Health Committee Bipartisan Discussion Draft On Track For Thursday Release

May 22, 2019 at 5:50 PM
Senate health committee leaders are on track to release Thursday (May 23) a draft legislative package to lower health costs that builds off the five committee hearings held last year as well as the more-than 400 recommendations stakeholders submitted in March. The package crafted by Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking Democrat Patty Murray (WA) is expected to include proposals on drug pricing, transparency, surprise billing, electronic health records and other issues that fall within the committee’s jurisdiction. The early...


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