Don't miss the moment: Congress must capitalize on momentum to hold Big...
The American people are demanding that Congress hold Big Pharma accountable and the momentum to lower prescription drug prices has never been greater.For years we’ve seen outrageous examples of...
View ArticleSanders to join diabetes patients on trip to Canada to buy cheaper insulin
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Thursday he will accompany patients with diabetes on a bus trip to Canada to buy insulin that's available at cheaper prices than in the U.S.The move comes as...
View ArticleGillibrand unveils plan to lower drug prices
Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Thursday unveiled a plan to lower drug prices and increase scrutiny of pharmaceutical companies. Gillibrand said in a campaign statement that...
View ArticleGrassley: Deal to lower drug prices moving forward 'very soon'
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday that he plans to advance a bipartisan deal to lower drug prices “very soon.”“While the final details are still being negotiated,...
View ArticleTrump drug pricing setbacks put pressure on Congress
President Trump's drug pricing agenda is on thin ice following two major setbacks this week, putting increased pressure on Congress to deliver bipartisan legislation.The White House on Thursday killed...
View ArticleButtigieg vows 'fairer, more just health care' after young man dies...
White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg (D) vowed to implement a “fairer” and “more just” health care system if elected president after a 21-year-old man, Jesimya David Scherer-Radcliff, died in Minnesota...
View ArticleDon't let budget talks threaten Medicare Part D
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are scrambling to finalize a two-year budget and debt-ceiling deal before the House leaves Washington for its August recess — even...
View ArticlePelosi aide: Major bill to lower drug prices coming in September
A top aide to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that House Democrats will unveil their long-awaited bill to lower drug prices in September. Wendell Primus, Pelosi's top health care adviser,...
View ArticleSenators vow to bring transparency to drug pricing
Two senators from across the aisle are teaming up to improve transparency on drug pricing by requiring manufacturers to better justify cost increases.“It is an absolutely opaque process,” said Sen....
View ArticleTrump administration issues plan to allow imports of cheaper prescription drugs
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a plan for allowing the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from other countries, a key step in President Trump's efforts to lower drug prices.The...
View ArticleConservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing
Conservatives are growing increasingly uneasy with the Trump administration's new drug pricing policy.President Trump is desperately seeking an elusive political win in his efforts to lower...
View ArticleTrump administration appeals drug price disclosure ruling
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the implementation of a policy requiring prescription drug manufacturers to disclose their list...
View ArticleConservative group launches ad campaign against Democratic drug pricing plan
A conservative advocacy group is launching a seven-figure ad campaign across dozens of House districts to rally lawmakers against Democratic efforts to allow Medicare to directly negotiate drug...
View ArticlePelosi unveils signature plan to lower drug prices
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday unveiled her long-awaited plan to lower prescription drug prices, one of the top priorities for Democrats this year.The plan would allow the secretary of...
View ArticleDrug price hikes cost US billions, report finds
Drug companies raised prices on seven popular drugs during 2017 and 2018 without clinical evidence that the drugs had been improved in any way, according to a new report. The increases cost patients...
View ArticleCBO: Pelosi bill to lower drug prices saves Medicare $345 billion
A preliminary analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the core provision of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) signature bill to lower drug prices would save Medicare...
View ArticleWhite House distances itself from Pelosi plan to lower drug prices
The White House is distancing itself from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) plan to lower drug prices, emphasizing support for a bipartisan plan in the Senate instead. The White House has been in talks...
View ArticleHouse to take up voting rights, government funding this month
The House is expected to take up bills over the next two weeks that would tackle voting rights and avoid a government shutdown, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced Friday.Hoyer said the...
View ArticleTrump officials making changes to signature drug pricing proposal, Azar says
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar on Wednesday said that the administration is changing one of its main proposals to lower drug prices because President Trump wants to go further. The...
View ArticleBooker, Sanders propose new federal agency to control drug prices
Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday introduced a bill that would create a new federal agency focused on controlling the costs of prescription drugs. The Prescription Drug...
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