White House Wants To Avoid Fight On Rebates, Get Quick Passage Of Senate Rx Pricing Bill

“We’re out of time for ideas," Domestic Policy Council Director Joe Grogan says. Trump administration is pushing hard to get the Senate drug pricing bill through Congress quickly and score a major victory for the President.

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"If Someone's Got A Rebate Idea, That Train Left The Station."

The White House opposes adding a provision requiring point-of-sale rebates in Medicare Part D to the prescription drug pricing bill sponsored by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-IA, and Ron Wyden, D-OR, because it could delay the legislation’s progress, Domestic Policy Council Director Joe Grogan told reporters at an 8 November briefing.

“We’re out of time for ideas. If somebody’s got a rebate idea, that train left the station,” Grogan emphasized. “We...

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