ICYMI: Grassley Optimistic on Prospects for His and Wyden’s Prescription Drug Pricing Bill
The Epoch Times Mark Tapscott March 10, 2020 … Getting a handle on prescription drug prices is one of the few issues on which Republicans and Democrats in Congress appear able to work together in a bipartisan fashion. … The Grassley-Wyden “Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019” was approved on a bipartisan vote […]
ICYMI: White House Principles for Reducing Drug Costs
Washington – The White House today released a statement of principles in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal mirroring the bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act authored by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Earlier this year, President Donald Trump recognized Grassley’s work to lower prescription drug […]
Sen. Chuck Grassley on Prescription Drug Pricing Plan: A Bipartisan Bill that Can Become Law
Breitbart.com Matthew Boyle March 10, 2020 U.S. Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told Breitbart News exclusively that his plan to reform prescription drug pricing would specifically focus on reining in federal taxpayer spending on drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid plans. “The bill would basically reform a lot of federal […]
Grassley: Prescription Drug Prices are Increasing Faster Than Inflation
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Prescription Drug Prices Increasing Faster Than Inflation Thursday, March 5, 2020 VIDEO A new study showed that from 2007 to 2018, prices for hundreds of drugs rose many times faster than the rate of inflation. List prices on 602 […]
ICYMI: Drug Prices Rose Three Times Faster Than Inflation Over The Past Decade, Despite Discounts
NOTE: The bipartisan Grassley-Wyden Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) would protect taxpayers from being put on the hook for unlimited Big Pharma price hikes that have no basis in a functioning free market. Without reforms, big pharmaceutical companies would continue to receive tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies and would have no […]
Grassley, Wyden Seek Information, Solutions to Improve Maternal Health
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are today calling on stakeholders to submit data and findings on factors contributing to poor maternal health outcomes in the United States. The Senate Finance Committee leaders are also requesting specific, evidence-based solutions to address those factors and improve maternal […]
Grassley Receives National MS Society Senator of the Year Award
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee National MS Society Conference Washington, D.C. Monday, March 2, 2020 Thanks for having me. It’s an honor to be given your Senator of the Year award. Multiple Sclerosis is an unpredictable disease. According to the experts here at the […]
ICYMI: Top Trump Advisers Discuss GOP Need to Act on Health Care at Retreat with Senators
The Hill Peter Sullivan February 27, 2020 Two top advisers to President Trump on Wednesday discussed with GOP senators the need for Republicans to lower drug prices and act on health care costs ahead of the election, according to people familiar with the meeting. The discussion came at a retreat for GOP senators […]
Grassley, Wyden Warn Optum to Comply with Insulin Probe
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote to Optum, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), warning it to fully comply with the committee’s investigation into skyrocketing insulin prices. Grassley and Wyden wrote that Optum’s production of irrelevant, already publicly available or duplicative documents is not considered responsive […]
ICYMI: Jared Kushner and Brad Parscale scramble for healthcare message amid coronavirus scare
Washington Examiner Paul Bedard February 26, 2020 President Trump, hit unexpectedly with the coronavirus scare and facing voter pressure to focus on healthcare, is hastily moving to push a package through Congress to help people facing growing medical costs, an agenda sidelined last year by the impeachment debate. In an hourslong meeting with […]