(The Hill)
Potential 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are rolling out a slew of plans to lower prescription drug prices, highlighting the importance the issue will hold in the coming campaigns. Just in the past two weeks, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have unveiled new drug pricing plans.
Democrats see lowering drug prices as a way to harness populist anger at pharmaceutical companies and reclaim an issue that President Trump has put in the spotlight. They are also following in the footsteps of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who made railing against drug companies a central part of his 2016 presidential bid and has continued to hammer away on the issue.
“The greed of the prescription drug industry is literally killing Americans and it has got to stop,” Sanders said last month as he unveiled another bill targeting drug prices.Potential candidates are also unveiling their drug price initiatives as the jockeying ahead of 2020 intensifies. Read more