via latimes.com
"To let pharmaceutical companies get away with paying nothing while poor and disabled people lose health coverage is unconscionable," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has sponsored legislation to force the industry to provide greater discounts.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that could save $112 billion over the next decade.
The additional discounts were also endorsed last year by the bipartisan fiscal commission, led by former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles.
No comments:
Post a Comment