Thursday, March 10, 2016

Health chairman: Drug pricing could come up in innovation bill

Health chairman: Drug pricing could come up in innovation bill-thehill: Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday that drug pricing measures could be considered as part of the medical innovation bill that his committee is working on.  He said he expects that there will be a proposal from Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), who have been investigating spikes in drug prices in the Senate Aging Committee.