Democrats tweak their drug pricing plan in last-ditch effort to pass reforms

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are vetting a new, tweaked version of a drug pricing package as hurtle toward a September deadline to pass any major reforms.

It’s by no means certain that Congress will pass prescription drug pricing reform as part of a broader domestic policy package being hammered out between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), but this week, the chances are looking better than ever.

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