How The House Prescription Drug Plan Would Try To Lower Drug Prices
Lawmakers are voting Thursday on a bill to rein in drug costs. President Trump has vowed to veto it. But the plan shares a lot with other bipartisan efforts. Here's how it would work.
Practically everyone is frustrated by high prescription drug prices. Voters have made clear they want Congress to do something about them.
The House of Representatives is voting Thursday on a bill that tries to deliver on that. It's highly unlikely to get through the Senate, and the White House has announced that President Trump would veto it if it came to his desk.
But the bill, H.R. 3, titled the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, does have several components that are reflected in other proposals in Congress, including a bipartisan bill in the that might have better prospects.
