Price Negotiation Bill Moves To Full Senate, With Grassley Vowing To Block It
Executive Summary
The Senate is expected to take up Medicare direct price negotiation during the week of April 16, after the Senate Finance Committee cleared a measure developed by Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont
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