White House, Pelosi discussing Part D deal

Staffers representing President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) are negotiating potential legislation that would allow CMS to negotiate Medicare Part D drug prices, and would establish a system of binding arbitration for certain drugs, according to sources who have been briefed by Pelosi’s office and the White House.

The negotiations are being conducted by Wendell Primus, senior policy adviser on budget and health issues to Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Grogan, director of the Domestic Policy Council. ...