Drug Pricing: US Senate Hearings Conclude With No Clear View On Legislation
Executive Summary
Measures that would increase financial transparency and empower federal government to negotiate drug prices highlighted by National Academies representative who discussed recent report on drug affordability, but former Congressional Budget Office Director Holtz-Eakin warns Senate HELP Committee against taking measures that merely shift costs from one party to another.
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