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Hearings to examine why the U.S. pays the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, including S.908, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries and the establishment and application of a formulary by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Medicare part D, S.909, to significantly lower prescription drug prices for patients in the United States by ending government-granted monopolies for manufacturers who charge drug prices that are higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available in other countries, and S.920, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and safe drugs by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Dirksen Senate Office Building 430
Hearings to examine why the U.S. pays the highest prices in the world for prescription dru… — Informed