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'Put up or shut up': Biden, Dems have one last chance to res­ur­rect drug pric­ing re­forms ahead of elec­tions

Be­fore Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) put the fi­nal ki­bosh on the Build Back Bet­ter Act late last year, De­moc­rats had nev­er been so close to pass­ing ma­jor drug pric­ing re­forms.

But af­ter that bill died in the Sen­ate, even as Manchin vowed to back such pric­ing re­forms, reach­ing 50 votes to pass a bill un­der rec­on­cil­i­a­tion seemed to be stretch­ing out of reach as the con­gres­sion­al sum­mer re­cess nears and as midterm elec­tions ap­proach.

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