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PBM Execs Point Fingers at Pharma Industry in House Hearing on Rising Drug Prices
At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, executives from the three largest pharmacy benefit manager companies insisted that their role as pharma middlemen help promote competition in the industry and effectively lower drug prices for U.S. consumers. Tuesday’s hearing was held by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability amid the growing bipartisan scrutiny on rising …
House passes GOP bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, boosting election-year talking point
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking point even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is exceptionally rare. The legislation, approved largely along partisan lines but with five Democrats voting …