Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2021
Washington may become the second state to distribute its own generic drugs
17 March 2021 - A bill moving through the Washington legislature may make the state only the second in the U.S. with hopes of distributing its own line of generic drugs, an idea hatched last year in California as a way to combat the rising cost of prescription medicines that are straining government budgets.
The legislation would authorise the state Health Care Authority to form partnerships with other state agencies or nonprofits to distribute generics and insulin.
