Sanders Unsure Where Sinema Stands On Govt. Drug Price Negotiation

By John Wilkerson / October 6, 2021 at 7:04 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Wednesday (Oct. 6) he isn’t sure where Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) stands on letting Medicare negotiate drug prices, but he has heard she is against it. Lobbyists for government drug price controls say, more than any other lawmaker, they don’t know how big of a barrier Sinema is to drug pricing legislation. Politico recently quoted two background sources as saying she opposes H.R. 3, which takes the most aggressive approach to Medicare price negotiation,...


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