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Drug Pricing
A New Report Shows How Big Pharma Is Price Gouging Cancer Patients
Many with cancer in the U.S. may soon see long-overdue relief thanks to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Sanders Will Block Health Nominees Until Biden Offers Plan to Lower Drug Prices
As chair of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders has the unilateral power to block health-related nominees.
Sanders Reintroduces Proposal to Slash Medicare Drug Prices in Half
“There is no rational reason, other than greed, for Medicare to pay twice as much” for drugs, Sanders said.
Sanders Calls for All Drug Prices to Be Cut After Third Insulin Maker Cuts Price
Moreover, analyses of the companies’ price cuts show that the cuts aren’t as altruistic as they might seem.
Big Pharma and GOP Open About Plans to Obstruct Medicare Drug Price Reforms
While the reforms are less ambitious than what progressives wanted, they could still have a significant impact on costs.
Pharma Claims Drug Price Reform Hurts Innovation. Experts Say That’s “Bullshit.”
As the Senate moved to adopt modest drug pricing negotiation measures, pharmaceutical companies made specious arguments.
Pharma Complains of “Tragic Loss” as Dems Take Modest Action to Curb Drug Prices
The Inflation Reduction Act requires Medicare to negotiate the prices of a small number of prescription drugs.
Schumer: Inflation Reduction Act Has Votes to Pass After Concessions to Sinema
Democrats removed a proposal to block hedge fund managers from dodging millions in taxes on Sinema’s behalf.
GOP Opposition to Drug Pricing Bill Shows Scope of Big Pharma’s Grip on Congress
Republicans are opposing legislation that would lower drug costs for millions.
Sanders: Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan “Goes Nowhere Near as Far as It Should”
Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested that pharmaceutical industry lobbying weakened the proposal.