Rx Pricing: Insulin Costs Would Go Up Under Senate Bill; Biden Pushes Summer Action On Broader Plan
Executive Summary
CBO highlights the pharma-friendly nature of Senate’s plan to limit patient cost-sharing for insulin. Meanwhile, White House urges Senate to pass Democrat’s more comprehensive and pharma-negative drug pricing bill instead of waiting for the revival of the Build Back Better deal.
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