Congress won’t include PhRMA-backed Medicare change in opioids package

(By Nicholas Florko and Lev Facher for STAT)

WASHINGTON — The latest version of a bill to address the opioid crisis will not include an unrelated, drug industry-backed provision that would relieve drug companies of some of their responsibility for certain Medicare drug costs, multiple lobbyists with knowledge of the bill told STAT. Continue reading article here…

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