FiercePharma 3 months ago

Waxman on the drug-price warpath

Watch out, pharma, Waxman is coming. As chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and thus one of the House's point people on healthcare, Rep. Henry A. Waxman is vowing to take a bite out of Medicare drug prices. Full Article at FiercePharma

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  1. You not only break the deal, but you break the bank for us
    – Billy Tauzin SOURCE: American Spectator 3 months ago
  2. We don't have any deal with them, and the whole enterprise of doing health insurance for all Americans isn't to make the drug companies happy, or wealthier ... They're going to make a lot of money when we insure all Americans. There's no argument for them to get a windfall.
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