Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
A new Senate health package includes surprisingly aggressive drug pricing reforms
23 May 2019 - Two powerful Senate lawmakers laid out an unexpectedly ambitious plan to lower the price of prescription drugs Thursday.
It came as part of a highly anticipated health care package from Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the duo that helms the Senate health committee that is widely respected for bipartisan health-policy work.
As recently as Wednesday, aides and lobbyists said the package would be more focused on surprise medical bills than on drug pricing; they expected any policies aimed at the latter issue to be small, targeted, and uncontroversial.
