Senate Democrats Call On Wyden To Push Medicare Drug Negotiation

By Rachel Cohrs / July 15, 2019 at 2:47 PM
Nearly all the Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee asked ranking Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) to push for government price negotiation authority to be included in the committee’s drug-pricing package. The lawmakers called for negotiation in Medicare and Medicaid, which is similar to the latest version of a price negotiation bill being worked out between the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. The push from the left came days after Republicans pushed from the right on...


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