D.C. Dispatch: Miller-Meeks calls for PBM reform, Ernst and Grassley prepare for Trump nominees
This week in Washington D.C., Iowa’s delegation called for Congress to take action on issues like health care costs — as well as preparing for the transition of power as President-elect Donald Trump soon takes office.
Miller-Meeks pushes for pharmacy legislation
Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks said Congress needs to pass the “Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act” — also known as the “DRUG Act,” as well as take further action to address financial hardships pharmacies face caused by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). The PBMs, the third-party companies that negotiate medication prices between health insurance companies, drug manufacturers and pharmacies, have increasingly taken steps to lower the prices paid to pharmacies filling prescriptions, Miller-Meeks said, in order to claw back more profit...
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