House Ways and Means Committee approved Speaker Nancy Pelosi's drug pricing bill, sending the legislation to the full House floor for a vote expected before the end of this month.
The legislation, which passed three committees along partisan lines, has a high chance of approval in the House. The Education and Labor Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee made few changes to the bill last week.
Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, criticized Pelosi's plan, saying it was highly partisan, secretly written and has no chance of becoming law.
That plan, would allow Medicare to negotiate prices on the most expensive medication [Top 250 items] was backed by President Donald Trump and has been described by lawmakers as a "middle ground" approach to handling drug prices.
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