Will Anyone Be Able to Afford Covid Drugs?

Prognosis: Breakthrough

• Episode: Will Anyone Be Able to Afford Covid Drugs?
• Website: Prognosis: Breakthrough
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM8995439705
• Duration: 00:16:56
• Published: 2020-06-03 23:20

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley insists that the long-delayed drug-price bill he is co-sponsoring will get a vote this year. Grassley worries that if the bill doesn't pass, drugmakers will charge whatever they want for Covid-19 related drugs. But drug lobbyists are counting on the coronavirus making drug pricing reform obsolete. Emma Court and Riley Griffin spoke to Senator Grassley about the bill. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com