Liberals are fighting their own party over drug prices
House Democratic leaders are facing deep skepticism from their progressive wing over a plan empowering the government to limit prices for some expensive prescription drugs — a rift that could hurt the party on an issue that has also been embraced by President Donald Trump.
the basis of a broader bipartisan drug pricing deal. But progressives want far more expansive changes, pushing to give the government sweeping power to set prices across the board — and punish pharmaceutical companies that fail to fall in line. By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
House progressives early this year roundly rejected using a third party to set prices for drugs through binding arbitration, blasting the idea broached by leadership as opaque and overly cautious.
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