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Democrats, Republicans could find common ground on drug pricing recommendations from Biden-Sanders task force

July 10, 2020 12:31 AM UTC

Recommendations from a task force assembled by Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) include several healthcare policies favored by Democrats, like Medicare drug price negotiation, but stop short of Medicare for All.

The bulk of the policy recommendations were included in the healthcare plan Biden released last year, and includes several policies backed by the Trump administration (see “Biden Revives Hillary Clinton’s Drug Pricing Council”)...