Bernie Sanders says he’ll convey regulation to scale back prescription drug prices through 50%

Sen­ate Well being Com­mit­tee chair Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated he’ll in­tro­duce leg­is­l. a.­tion that, if signed in­to regulation, would low­er pre­scrip­tion drug prices in the USA through 50% at Thurs­day’s Sen­ate com­mit­tee pay attention­ing. Sanders used to be joined through document­tors and advert­vo­cates sug­gest­ing adjustments to make an­ti-obe­si­ty and di­a­betes med­ica­tions extra af­ford­in a position.
The Sen­ate Com­mit­tee on Well being, Ed­u­ca­tion, L. a.­bor and Pen­sions met this week to dis­cuss what’s fu­el­ing the di­a­betes epi­dem­ic. It comes a month af­ter Sanders and oth­er De­moc­rats stated that the CEOs of John­son & John­son, Mer­ck and Bris­tol My­ers Squibb were requested to tes­ti­fy about why the USA can pay the prime­est costs on the earth for pre­scrip­tion medicine at a pay attention­ing in Jan­u­ary.

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