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Drug Pricing
Pharma Is Mobilizing to Tank Democrats’ Effort to Cut Prescription Drug Costs
The pharmaceutical industry is mobilizing its army of lobbyists to attack Senate Democrats' Medicare drug pricing plan.
Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Report Says
The pharmaceutical industry exercised its virtually unlimited pricing power to hike costs yet again this month.
CBO: Letting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Would Save US Nearly $290 Billion
The Democrats' proposal would impose punishment on pharmaceutical companies that increase prices faster than inflation.
Progressives Blast Manchin’s Hypocrisy in Calling for Lower Drug Prices
People were quick to point out that Manchin blocked the Build Back Better Act that would have lowered drug prices.
Biden Can Reduce Prescription Drug Prices Without Congress, Warren Says
The senator cites public health and legal experts who say that the executive branch can intervene without Congress.
Efforts to Limit Drug Prices Are Stalled — and Pharma Is Seizing an Opening
Big Pharma is jacking up drug prices. Democrats worry their failure to curb prices will cost them seats in the midterms.
Pharma Hikes Cost of 866 Drugs While Lobbying to Kill Build Back Better
Bernie Sanders condemned the price increases as "profoundly wrong" and called on Congress to act.
If Dems Don’t Deliver on Health Care, They May Suffer in Midterms, Jayapal Warns
Pharmaceutical companies are raising prices for prescription drugs at will and the party in power may face consequences.
Pfizer Starts the Year by Hiking Prices on 125 Drugs
Pfizer and its subsidiaries weren't alone in raising drug costs for patients in 2022.
Pharma-Backed Group Hosted Dem Staffers at Resort Before Build Back Better Vote
Center Forward has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads backing Democrats opposed to drug pricing reform.