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House Committee Demands Transparency on How Consumer Drug Prices Are Set

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House Committee Demands Transparency on How Consumer Drug Prices Are Set
Express Scripts headquarters, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy benefits management companies, in Berkeley, Mo., 2011. Jeff Roberson/AP Photo
Ross Muscato
By Ross Muscato
5/24/2023Updated: 5/24/2023
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In a rare demonstration of bipartisanship during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on May 23, Democrats and Republicans jointly voiced concern and disapproval—and sought answers—about the behind-the-scenes deal-making that results in consumer drug pricing the legislators say is unfair and unreasonably high.

In fact, almost two-and-half hours into the hearing, first-term Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said: “I applaud all my colleagues, which, you know, tend to be a little partisan. And so I didn’t know that we could actually agree on much of anything.

Ross Muscato
Ross Muscato
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Ross Muscato covers the U.S. Congress for The Epoch Times.
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