The House Just Passed Its Prescription Drug Plan — Here’s What’s In It

(By Selena Simmons-Duffin for NPR)

Practically everyone is frustrated by high prescription drug prices. Voters have made clear they want Congress to do something about them.

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that tries to deliver on that. It was a mostly party line vote — all Democrats voted to pass it, along with two Republicans.

The bill, HR 3, titled the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, is 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.  Continue reading article here…

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