{"id":32296,"date":"2021-03-02T16:08:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32296"},"modified":"2021-03-02T16:08:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:08:30","slug":"becerra-tells-warren-he-will-do-thorough-review-of-executive-actions-on-drug-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32296","title":{"rendered":"Becerra tells Warren he will do &#8216;thorough review&#8217; of executive actions on drug prices\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ybkcypmrvssnwpwsnfkvvnccvmntsmszzgvrpbtsssvvfq_xjpdrrhvhtdbdpjvssjs.html?a=&amp;b=37310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ybkcypmrvssnwpwsnfkvvnccvmntsmszzgvrpbtsssvvfq_xjpdrrhvhtdbdpjvssjs.html?a%3D%26b%3D37310&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614815996917000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3FQqk-EseBRlVGgMZBrsYzxy3og\">Xavier Becerra<\/a>\u00a0told Sen.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/fgbrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldddyybb_xjpdrrhvhtdbdpjvssjs.html?a=&amp;b=37310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/fgbrtcqzyddwpcpdwbjyywrryqwldqdffnyzcgldddyybb_xjpdrrhvhtdbdpjvssjs.html?a%3D%26b%3D37310&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614815996917000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdhb5fsFT6--D5XhAUu5b0P0nqBA\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a>\u00a0(D-Mass.) that if confirmed he would conduct a \u201cthorough review\u201d of potential administration actions to lower drug prices, in response to a question about using a major executive power on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Warren asked Becerra in a written question known as a \u201cquestion for the record\u201d about taking a drastic action, which does not require Congress, to break the patent on a drug and allow other companies to make it at a lower price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I am fortunate to be confirmed, we will conduct a thorough review to identify and analyze the tools at our disposal to reduce the price of drugs and make treatments more affordable for the American people,\u201d Becerra wrote in response, according to a document compiling the questions for the record obtained by The Hill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>The answer is noncommittal, but it notably does not rule out using the authority. Republicans and the pharmaceutical industry are closely watching Becerra\u2019s answers on the topic, given that he has previously supported using the power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Health and Human Services&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32297,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32296\/revisions\/32297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}