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Sanders To Introduce Bill Taking Aim At High Prescription Drug Costs
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a candidate for president, has joined with another lawmaker to advance legislation that would empower Medicare to negotiate pharmaceutical prices. Meanwhile, in Senate campaign news, former U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge is launching an effort to unseat Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and a fellow lawmaker are taking aim at high prescription drug costs with a new bill that would empower Medicare to negotiate pharmaceutical prices, allow consumers to import cheaper drugs from Canada and require companies to disclose the prices they charge overseas. (Loftus, 9/9)
Eldridge stopped short of saying whether he would have voted for the president鈥檚 health overhaul, but said he opposes attempts to repeal the law and that he would push to improve it. Boozman and the rest of the state鈥檚 all-GOP Republican delegation have called for the law鈥檚 repeal. (Demillo, 9/9)
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