Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2019
Buttigieg’s balancing act: He wants far lower drug prices even as he hopes the drug industry will ‘thrive’
7 October 2019 - Just hours after he released an aggressive plan to lower prescription drug prices, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg shared his counterintuitive message for drug makers: “We want you to thrive.”
Thrive, that is, in a way that is “compatible with a decent life for Americans,” he explained during a Monday interview with STAT.
