White House Reticent On Drug Pricing Regulatory Plan With Legislative Efforts In Motion
Executive Summary
HHS plan to be publicly released in coming weeks, White House official says. Meanwhile the US House passed a resolution clearing the way for consideration of a second infrastructure package that could include major drug pricing reforms such as Medicare price negotiation as cost offsets.
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