U.S. House Passes Drug Pricing Bill

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A U.S. House Democrat bill that would limit prescription drug prices for seniors was passed. The AARP is among the groups that support the bill, while the pharmaceutical industry strongly opposes it.

The bill"is a serious proposal but everyone knows that the Senate isn't going to go for it," according to John Rother, CEO of the National Coalition on Health, a group that represents"It is about legislating, but even more it's about establishing a platform that Democrats can run on

going into the next election cycle and lays the groundwork for legislative activity in 2021," Rother told thePelosi said her bill would deliver on Donald Trump's promise during the 2016 presidential campaign to"negotiate like crazy" to lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients.

 

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