Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2020
Airing frustrations with pharma, a Republican FTC commissioner just endorsed Medicare negotiation
16 January 2020 - A Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday expressed support for allowing Medicare to directly negotiate the price of prescription medicines, a noteworthy break from GOP orthodoxy from a Trump administration appointee.
The remarks from Christine Wilson, a business executive who President Trump appointed to the FTC in 2018, come as Washington remains split on how to tackle high drug prices and whether to allow Medicare to negotiate directly.
