Three centrist House Dems threw their party's health care agenda into disarray today by blocking a plan that would have authorized direct government negotiation of drug prices and help pay for a $3.5 trillion social spending bill
the group Social Security Works said in a statement Wednesday. “Any politician standing in the way of lower drug prices is on a short path to losing their job,”
Peters railed against the leadership-backed plan for imposing “government-dictated prices” on drugs, warning it would “ruin” investment in developing new medications. Throughout the week, Democrats on the Ways and Means panel defeated multiple Republican amendments to the policy, including one that would require the HHS secretary to hold off on implementing it until he can certify that the policy would not lead to any drug manufacturing jobs going to China.
"On the one hand we have united opposition from Republicans, and on the other we have overwhelming support from Democrats but it's not unanimous. That’s the reality we’re in. ” said Welch. "We’re dealing with a threadbare majority, which increases our challenges."
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