Democrats Negotiating With Moderates Over Drug Pricing Provisions

Democrats Negotiating With Moderates Over Drug Pricing Provisions
(Left) Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks at Cabell-Huntington Health Center in Huntington, West Virginia, on July 8, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo); (right) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gestures at the Capitol building in Washington on July 22, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
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Democratic leaders are considering changing a provision in their signature $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that would limit the costs of prescription medication, a provision that key moderate swing voters have found especially odious.

Specifically, the provision would cap the price of prescription drugs to a level consistent with the prices paid for the same medication in other developed countries.

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