Grassley Pushes Rural Stakeholders To Support Drug Pricing Package

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / August 13, 2019 at 6:41 PM
Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) pressed stakeholders to support his committee’s prescription drug pricing bill and beat back drug industry opposition, speaking at a Bipartisan Policy Center event on rural health in Iowa on Tuesday (Aug. 13). “As chairman of the committee, I want to drum up grassroots support,” he said, adding that the bill is facing blowback from “deep pocketed special interest” groups. “It’s time to throw some sunshine into the process and hold big pharma accountable,”...


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