Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a monthly bill that would have produced a new entity for capping the charge of prescription prescription drugs, an more and more well known tactic that a expanding quantity of state lawmakers close to the U.S. are discovering to control their budgets.
The Prescription Drug Affordability Board, which was made to functionality like a price-placing authority, would have established higher payment boundaries utilized to cap the cost of a choose variety of medicines for Virginia inhabitants who are covered by a state or regional federal government company or a professional well being strategy.
The strategy is little by little getting explored by lawmakers in numerous states that chafed at the lack of progress in Washington to tackle soaring prescription drug fees. Given that then, seven states have designed these boards, but in new months, there has been a flurry of action reflecting what supporters say is an significantly urgent need to have to improved management point out spending on medicines.
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