What To Expect If Republicans Regain Majority: More Executive Actions, Focus On Costs

Lobbyists discuss what will happen with the healthcare agenda if Republicans retake the House in the mid-term elections and the prospects for passing a prescription drug pricing bill before then.

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Mid-term elections could impact healthcare policy • Source: Alamy

Given the history of past mid-term elections, a shake-up is anticipated in Congress. So experts are focusing on what changes may occur with the healthcare agenda if the Republicans retake the majority in one or both chambers.

That question was posed to a panel of lobbyists at the America’s Health Insurance Plans’ National Conference on Health Policy...

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