Hillary Clinton Wants a Price Check on Drugs
Hillary Clinton has unveiled a plan aimed at pharmaceutical companies and sky-rocketing drug prices. Most notably, she wants to allow the government to negotiate lower prices for prescription medications - a move that would overturn a Bush-era provision that limited governmental cost-cutting.
Carolyn Johnson, a healthcare reporter for The Washington Post, and Patrick Healy, New York Times political correspondent covering the 2016 presidential campaign, delve into the details of Clinton's drug manifesto. Plus, we'll collectively shake our fists at the overnight cost bump of a drug from Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shrekli (although he agreed to lower the price again on Tuesday).
What we're reading:
Posted by Brian Lehrer on Tuesday, 22 September 2015
.@HillaryClinton, @SenSanders competing on big prescription drug plans to lower costs, with HRC capping at $250/mo. http://t.co/CRZUGbLrvQ
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) September 23, 2015
Shkreli said he would drop the price of the drug, tho not by how much.I guess that means health care spending is under control now!
— carolyn johnson (@Carolynyjohnson) September 22, 2015
