US Drug Pricing Reforms: ASCO Hears About Bargaining Chips And Baby Steps

Former long-time congressional health staffer Rodney Whitlock discusses the status of prescription drug pricing reform policies in the administration and congress at the American Society for Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

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Congressional action on drug pricing amounts to 'baby steps.'

The HHS international reference pricing proposal to lower costs for Medicare Part B drugs may be more likely to be used by the administration to strike a deal with Congress than to be implemented, according to former long-time Republican congressional staffer and McDermott Consulting VP Rodney Whitlock.

“Right now it feels like what the administration is doing, particularly with this proposal and several others in the drug...

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