Pelosi: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Or Bust

By John Wilkerson / September 19, 2019 at 6:54 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will not drop Medicare price negotiation from her drug pricing bill, and Senate Republicans are steadfastly opposed to the policy even though President Donald Trump has said he supports letting the government negotiate lower prices on drugs. The president kept the pressure on Republicans Thursday by tweeting his support for a more moderate Senate drug pricing bill while not ruling out the prospect of Medicare price negotiation. “No,” the California Democrat responded when asked...


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