Pelosi works her health care strategy from the ground up
Pelosi and President
Either way,
Pushing her agenda, Pelosi is working from the ground up through major House committees. Her relationships with powerful chairmen and subcommittee chairs stretch back years. She's "playing chess on three boards at once," said
Responding to written questions from The Associated Press, Pelosi called the ACA "a pillar of health and financial security," comparing it to Medicare, Medicaid and
Legislation from Energy and Commerce Chairman
Those issues are separate from legal questions raised by ongoing Republican litigation to overturn the health law. As one if its first acts, the Democratic-led House voted to intervene in the court case to defend the law.
The ACA package has little chance as a stand-alone bill. But parts of it could become bargaining chips when
The 2010 health law belonged as much to Pelosi as to former President
On prescription drugs, Trump and the
Both sides say Americans shouldn't have to keep paying more for medications than consumers in other economically advanced countries where governments regulate prices.
The Trump administration has designed an experiment to apply international pricing to Medicare "Part B" drugs administered in doctors' offices.
Pelosi wants to expand price relief to retail pharmacy drugs that seniors purchase through Medicare's "Part D" prescription drug benefit, a much bigger move. A bill introduced by leading
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One of the top
"Part D is the only federal program I've been involved with that has come in under budget," said Grassley. "If it's working, don't mess with it."
Nonetheless, former Health and Human Services Secretary
"Prescription drug pricing is in a category where both the president and the
But the biggest health care idea among
Pelosi has tapped two committees, Budget and Rules, to handle "Medicare for all." Health care legislation doesn't usually originate in either of them.
The Budget Committee can be a forum to explore ideas, and Chairman
Says Pelosi: "We're going to have hearings."
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