HHS rejects Dems' push on high drug prices

HHS rejects Dems' push on high drug prices-thehill: The Obama administration is rejecting a request from a group of House Democrats to open the door to a far-reaching response against high drug prices. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell sent a letter to Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), dated March 2, that declines his request for the department to issue guidance on the use of “march-in rights” to break drug patents when prices are too high.