In Parting Shot, Hatch Criticizes Trump’s Proposal To Tie Drug Costs To What Other Nations Pay

The letter from Outgoing Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) urges his colleagues to stand against the administration’s international pricing index model in a sign of emerging tensions in the Republican party over the best way to fight high drug prices. Meanwhile, drug costs may jump as much as 9 percent in the new year as pharmaceutical companies return to the status quo following their self-declared hiatus on price hikes.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2rNjPyV