ENERGY & COMMERCE MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT WILL BE "FULL,"
Executive Summary
ENERGY & COMMERCE MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT WILL BE "FULL," BIO predicts: "We expect there will be a full Medicare benefit in the Energy & Commerce bill, not a new type of benefit, not a catastrophic benefit, not a limited benefit only applying to certain people," Biotechnology Industry Organization VP-Government Relations Chuck Ludlam said at an April 12 Biotech Tuesday meeting. BIO, he emphasized, "endorses a full Medicare drug benefit -- we support it, we want it, we are not supporting a means-tested or a catastrophic benefit."