Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
Trump meets with Democrats at White House on drug prices
9 March 2017 - Democrats presented Trump with plan for Medicare negotiations.
President Donald Trump told Democrats at the White House Wednesday that he wants to do something about U.S. drug prices, according to a law maker at the meeting, an area of potential bipartisan agreement as the two parties wrangle over Republicans’ attempt to repeal Obamacare.
Representatives Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Peter Welch of Vermont presented Trump with a bill to have Medicare directly negotiate drug prices with manufacturers, and also talked about the price of the EpiPen, Mylan NV’s emergency allergy shot that became a focus for critics of high pharmaceutical prices. Both lawmakers are Democrats.
