{"id":1004169,"date":"2019-04-09T13:44:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1004169"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:04:10","slug":"republicans-urge-drug-companies-not-to-cooperate-with-democrats-efforts-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-urge-drug-companies-not-to-cooperate-with-democrats-efforts-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Urge Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With Democrats\u2019 Efforts To Lower Prescription Drug Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">House Republicans are going to extraordinary lengths to protect drug companies at the expense of their own constituents. Here\u2019s the latest on the GOP\u2019s move to shield drug companies from a Democratic House investigation into the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">House Democrats opened an investigation into how the drug industry sets prescription drug prices, so Democrats can take action to lower costs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/oversight-committee-launches-sweeping-drug-price-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/oversight-committee-launches-sweeping-drug-price-investigation&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555512472786000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHa__r0JUyteSbZU5IZPwXyaU2t8A\">Rep. Cummings<\/a>: \u201cThe Committee on Oversight and Reform is investigating the actions of drug companies in raising prescription drug prices in the United States, as well as the effects of these actions on federal and state budgets and on American families\u2026 The goals of this investigation are to determine why drug companies are increasing prices so dramatically, how drug companies are using the proceeds, and what steps can be taken to reduce prescription drug prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But now, House Republicans are urging drug companies not to cooperate with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/paulmcleod\/republicans-warn-drug-companies-oversight-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/paulmcleod\/republicans-warn-drug-companies-oversight-investigation&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555512472786000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1bw2WMvxKVtA1EQNsjwnsej1s-Q\">BuzzFeed<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans on the House Oversight Committee sent letters to a dozen CEOs of major drug companies warning that information they provide to the committee could be leaked to the public by Democratic chair Elijah Cummings in an effort to tank their stock prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s clear that Republicans on the Oversight Committee would rather protect drug companies\u2019 stock prices over their own constituents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/paulmcleod\/republicans-warn-drug-companies-oversight-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/paulmcleod\/republicans-warn-drug-companies-oversight-investigation&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555512472786000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1bw2WMvxKVtA1EQNsjwnsej1s-Q\">BuzzFeed<\/a>: \u201cThey write that Cummings is seeking sensitive information \u2018that would likely harm the competitiveness of your company if disclosed publicly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are going to extraordinary lengths to protect drug companies at the expense of their own constituents. Here\u2019s the latest on the GOP\u2019s move to shield drug companies from a Democratic House investigation into the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs: &nbsp; House Democrats opened an investigation into how the drug industry sets prescription drug [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Republicans Urge Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With Democrats\u2019 Efforts To Lower Prescription Drug Prices - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-urge-drug-companies-not-to-cooperate-with-democrats-efforts-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-09T17:44:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:04:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-urge-drug-companies-not-to-cooperate-with-democrats-efforts-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-urge-drug-companies-not-to-cooperate-with-democrats-efforts-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans Urge Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With Democrats\u2019 Efforts To Lower Prescription Drug Prices - 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