Democrats have made significant progress toward adding compromise provisions curbing prescription drug prices to their massive social and environment package, two congressional aides said Sunday.
FILE - A man walks past the the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats have made significant progress toward adding compromise provisions curbing prescription drug prices to their massive social and environment package, two congressional aides said Sunday, Oct. 31. Talks are continuing and no final agreement has been reached. WASHINGTON — the party's 10-year, $1.
With talks on that and other issues underway, Democrats were hoping to resolve final differences and bring the overall measure to the floor this week, a House leadership aide said.a battlefield between progressive and moderate DemocratsAccording to a senior Democratic aide, under discussion is letting Medicare negotiate lower prices for many pharmaceuticals it provides.
The aides also did not say how much savings the drug price negotiation language under discussion would provide. Recent Democratic proposals that would affect a broader range of drugs had savings estimated at several hundred billion dollars over 10 years. Both aides discussed the talks only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to provide the information on the record.Progressives have also been trying to add provisions including requiring paid family leave and helping millions of immigrants remain in the U.S.
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