One of the last amendments that will be allowed on the Senate floor, and really the only one that will be able to improve the bill, is Byron Dorgan’s amendment to import prescription drugs from Canada and abroad. This amendment would destroy the backroom deal between the pharmaceutical industry and the White House, and so [...]

The health care bill from the House of Representatives adds $14 billion dollars to the negotiated “deal” between the pharmaceutical industry and the White House, forcing PhRMa to pony up that much more than the $80 billion to which they agreed. Nancy Pelosi described it as because of the Blue Dogs forcing negotiated rates for [...]