Senate drug price hearing turns into debate over healthcare reform

Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee gathered last week to discuss the rising costs of prescription drugs. But the hearing quickly morphed into a heated back-and-forth between senators over the Republican’s efforts to reform healthcare. Democratic senators, including Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), used their time to criticize their Republican counterparts for writing the GOP healthcare bill behind closed doors. “I know you’re a part of the discussion. You know what’s in it, we have no idea. We haven’t seen it,” Murray said to chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News. The post Senate drug price hearing turns into debate over healthcare reform appeared first on MassDevice.
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