Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2018
Beyond the political noise: 3 policy proposals on drug prices that have a fighting chance — and make the industry shudder
7 November 2018 - The drug industry is bracing for a deluge of drug pricing proposals from the soon-to-be Democratic House of Representatives.
But it’s not worried about the controversial policies that have been blaring in TV ads and featured in stump speeches in recent months.
Democrats campaigned on a slate of sweeping drug pricing proposals, like allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies and creating a Senate-confirmed price-gouging enforcer. But those ideas are likely dead on arrival in the Senate, which remains in Republican control.
