Advocates For Cheaper Drugs Gain Ally As Grassley Returns To Finance

By John Wilkerson / November 16, 2018 at 3:09 PM
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is returning to chair the Finance Committee after a hiatus as Judiciary chair, and the move gives advocates for lower drug prices an ally on the committee with jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid that they do not have in the current Finance Chair Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who is retiring. “Good news as @senatorgrassley moves to Sen Finance Chair,” Patients for Affordable Drugs President David Mitchell tweeted. “He’s a real leader on bipartisan legislation to lower...


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