Re­pub­li­cans un­veil a drug price bill to ri­val the De­moc­rats — promis­ing low­er prices and more cures

Nan­cy Pelosi un­veiled the De­moc­rats’  drug pric­ing bill back in Sep­tem­ber and brought the fight straight to the in­dus­try with a pro­pos­al to em­pow­er the US gov­ern­ment to ne­go­ti­ate prices for se­lect drugs. Re­pub­li­cans, who de­cried the bill reeks of heavy-hand­ed gov­ern­ment in­ter­ven­tion which will sti­fle in­no­va­tion, now have a coun­ter­pro­pos­al they claim will re­sult in cheap­er drugs and in­cen­tivize R&D — fur­ther cloud­ing the prospects of a bi­par­ti­san com­pro­mise that could land on Don­ald Trump’s desk.

Endpoints News

Unlock this article instantly by becoming a free subscriber.

You’ll get access to free articles each month, plus you can customize what newsletters get delivered to your inbox each week, including breaking news.