In case you missed it, a report from The Hill lays out how Republicans’ refusal to rein in the cost of prescription drugs “could be a political liability for the party in 2020.” Rising drug prices remain a “top issue” for voters across the political spectrum, yet vulnerable GOP incumbents like Senators Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis, and Joni Ernst — who last year raked in tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash from the pharmaceutical industry — have all refused to join meaningful bipartisan efforts to bring down their constituents’ drug costs.
While House Democrats last year passed legislation to bring down drug costs, Mitch McConnell has already promised their bill is “dead on arrival” in the Senate. After drug companies announced a new round of price hikes just this month, McConnell and Senate Republicans are “blocking progress” on a bipartisan proposal to cap these reckless price increases — putting the demands of their donors ahead of their constituents’ health while “doing nothing on an issue of vast importance to voters.”
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
The Hill: Drug price outrage threatens to be liability for GOP
By Jessie Hellmann
January 10, 2020
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