Now That Infrastructure Pay-Fors Set, Eyes On Wyden’s Bid To Craft Drug-Pricing Offset For Reconciliation

By Donna Haseley / August 2, 2021 at 3:33 PM
Now that the drug pay-fors for the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill are set , lobbyists have turned their eyes back to Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) effort to craft a drug price negotiation compromise to pay for health reforms in the upcoming budget reconciliation package. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) hopes the Senate will pass this week the infrastructure deal he unveiled Sunday (Aug. 1) and then vote on a budget resolution with instructions for the partisan $3.5...


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