Senate Finance To Unveil Text Of Drug Pricing Bill Next Week

By John Wilkerson / August 29, 2019 at 6:00 AM
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to unveil next week the legislative text of the drug-pricing measure passed by the committee in July , according to a source familiar with the panel’s deliberations. If all goes as planned, the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of the bill’s impact on government spending and Medicare-beneficiary costs will be released simultaneously. “It’s being written and will be made available in September,” a Finance GOP spokesperson said of the bill text, though he did not...


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