WASHINGTON—Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Health Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), jointly introduced a bill recently to reduce health care costs.
But despite sponsorship by influential members of both parties, as well as the backing of the health care industry and special interest groups, the draft Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 faces a bleak future in Congress.
