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40 House Democrats push for 'swift' action to lower drug pricesA group of 40 House Democrats is pressuring party leadership to act quickly on measures to lower prescription drug prices, highlighting the importance of the issue to the party, especially in an elect... Read More
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Schrader Announces Historic Deal to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Through the Build Back Better ActToday, Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-05) announced a historic deal he helped broker between House Democratic Leadership, the Senate and the White House that, if enacted as part of the Build Back Better Act, ... Read More
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Rep. Kurt Schrader Explains His Drug Pricing PlanAfter gaining control of the White House and Congress in last year’s elections, Democrats appeared poised to deliver on their decades-long promise of negotiating drug prices for Medicare. But that ef... Read More
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Schrader, Mullin Champion Bipartisan Bill to Improve Prescription Access for Seniors and Vulnerable AmericansToday, U.S. Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-02) introduced the bipartisan Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2021. This commonsense legislation is the House c... Read More
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Rep. Kurt Schrader speaks on Biden's $3.5 trillion spending planPORTLAND, Ore. — Joining KATU News' Your Voice Your Vote this week is U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader who represents Oregon's 5th District. Recently, he and two other Democrats on the House Energy and ... Read More
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The Political Raid on Future CuresIt’s one of the strangest, and most destructive, juxtapositions in political history. Even as vaccines developed by drug companies are saving the world from Covid, the Democratic Party wants to rob th... Read More
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Schrader, Peters Unveil Plan to Cut Patients’ Drug Costs and Preserve America’s Ability to Produce Life-Saving CuresU.S. Representatives Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced the Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act (RCCCA) today to lower patients’ prescription drug costs and protect our nation... Read More
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Centrist House Democrats Offer Rival Proposal on Cutting Prescription Drug PricesWASHINGTON—A pair of centrist House Democrats are expected to soon release their own proposal for lowering the cost of prescription-drug prices, as the party tries to close internal divisions over a ... Read More
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Watch: A conversation on biosimilars and drug developmentLink to interview On Thursday July 22, Axios senior editor Sam Baker and health care reporter Caitlin Owens discussed the future of biosimilars and other innovative approaches to lowering the cost of ... Read More
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Expanding Access to Biosimilars Has Bipartisan Support. But Movement on Legislation Hangs in the Balance of the Drug Pricing DebateAdvocates fear three bipartisan bills on lower-cost versions of biologic drugs will get caught up in H.R. 3 negotiations Despite bipartisan support to expand patient access to biosimilars, political ... Read More |