Diana Harshbarger: “The political talk is all about the need for negotiation, Medicare Part D, and in particular it talks about government.”

As a lifelong pharmacist, I’ve seen firsthand how PBMs game the system. When the same corporate giant that sets reimbursement rates also owns the pharmacy collecting them, that’s not a free market—it’s a rigged one.

Congress should bring transparency, competition, and accountability to this process so providers, innovators, and patients all benefit from a more open and competitive system.

I have a question as to why we even have a gender policy council when that authority should fall under the Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Becerra. I think it is a redundancy that we do not need. Mr. Chairman, I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the spending reduction account), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the…