Powerful Senate Democrat outlines ‘plenty’ more drug pricing reforms to follow Medicare negotiation
WASHINGTON — Democrats may be closer than ever to passing sweeping drug pricing reforms, but…
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Biden tells Dems to quickly pass pared-down economic package
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden seemed to bow Friday to Sen. Joe Manchin’s demand…
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…
STAT+: Three years after the Senate grilled drug makers … nothing’s changed
WASHINGTON – Back in 2019, when the Senate Finance Committee called seven drug industry executives…
What does the Build Back Better Act actually mean for the health care industry?
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How Nancy Pelosi almost killed drug pricing reform
WASHINGTON — The White House stunned health care experts last month when it declared it was…
Here’s who wins and loses in Democrats’ new prescription drug pricing deal
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday announced they had agreed to a broad plan to overhaul…
Democrats circulate a new drug pricing outline with a big carveout for small biotechs
WASHINGTON — A proposed version of drug pricing legislation circulating among Capitol Hill aides and…
Here’s where Democrats’ resurrected drug pricing talks are headed
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STAT+: Here’s how Biden can address high drug prices, without help from Congress
WASHINGTON — If President Biden wants major pharmaceutical industry reforms, he may have to achieve…
Pelosi working to gather support for last-minute, last-ditch drug pricing policy
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office is working to gather support for a last-ditch…
STAT+: Biden abandons his push to lower drug prices
WASHINGTON — The White House is abandoning every single policy idea aimed at lowering prescription…