Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2017
Negotiating drug prices: should state agencies band together?
27 April 2017 - Citing budget-busting drug costs, a California lawmaker wants state health programs to band together to negotiate better prices with drug companies.
Assembly member David Chiu (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill that would strengthen intra-agency collaboration on drug cost-saving strategies. Lawmakers will consider the bill at an Assembly Health Committee hearing on Tuesday.
“Californians and Americans are frustrated with the lack of progress around drug prices,” Chiu said, citing the uproar over EpiPen and hepatitis C medications.
