RE:Hillary, Congress, and U.S. elections just a lot of hot air argentia77 wrote: If they think drug prices are too high, really what can they do about it? Force drug companies to charge lower prices? I highly that. Apart from telling sick people to buy cheap substitutes or to do without, the answer is that unless companies are engaged in illegal practices, they will do nothing. The specialty pharma business model is safe, imo.
There are a few ways that US FED can bring drug prices down as We need to drive a harder bargain negotiating with drug companies about the costs of drugs, said by Hillary Clinton.
Note that many presidential candidates from both parties want some reforms on bringing down drug prices.
Here is the link for more information on the issue. qh1234
https://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/2015/04/21/soaring-drug-prices-may-be-next-big-thing-2016-contenders