Drug prices are too high. What is Congress trying to do about it?

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Drug prices are too high. What is Congress trying to do about it?

Chairman Charles E. Grassley, right, and ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden are seen before a Senate Finance Committee on drug pricing in America on February 26, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Posted December 10, 2019 at 11:38am

Both the House and the Senate have competing bills aimed at addressing the rising costs of prescription drugs, a legislative priority backed by President Donald Trump.

But what would these various proposals accomplish, and how likely is it they’ll be signed into law?

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