{"id":34340,"date":"2021-04-22T19:07:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T02:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34340"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T02:07:43","slug":"pelosi-pushes-for-drug-pricing-measure-amid-uncertainty-from-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34340","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi pushes for drug pricing measure amid uncertainty from White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are indications the White House is dropping health care measures from its American Families Plan set to be unveiled next week, and not all Democrats are happy about it.<\/p>\n

Among those pushing for the inclusion of a measure to lower drug prices is Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n

House Democrats on Thursday reintroduced their signature legislation to lower drug prices, known as H.R. 3, and Pelosi pointedly noted in a statement that including it in Biden’s proposal is important for Democratic lawmakers. The measure would allow the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower drug prices, a long-held Democratic goal.<\/p>\n

“Lowering health costs and prescription drug prices will be a top priority for House Democrats to be included in the American Families Plan,” Pelosi said in the statement.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0reported Thursday that the White House will not include health care legislation in the Families Plan, and instead will tout the measures on a separate track.<\/p>\n

Asked about that report, White House press secretary\u00a0Jen Psaki\u00a0listed health care as a separate topic from the Families Plan, ahead of Biden’s speech to Congress next week.<\/p>\n

“I expect the president, as I noted, to talk about the American Families Plan in his joint address, as well as a number of other issues … important to him, including health care, the need to put in place police reforms,” Psaki said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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