Quote:....who would be the better candidate to reign in the FDA and actually help to LOWER healthcare costs ?
Ok, fair questions. Here are Clinton's proposals. It appears that they directly address your concerns. You'll notice a proposal to fully find FDA's Office of Generic Drugs to clear out its generic drug approval backlog.
You didn't know about that, did you? That's OK, we're all learning more about what each candidate is proposing, or not proposing.
Who do you think is responsible for the funding shortfall? I'll bet it is the same Party that won't pass an Infrastructure Bill.
Same party that wants tax cuts to further 'starve the beast', forgetting that the 'beast' IS necessary to fund the building of things and for the freeing up of backlogs.
Some times 'empowering' is more important than 'reigning in'. Not always, but certainly...some times.
Make you own judgments and note the absence of a Trump proposal to address your concerns.
Also, stand by to watch conservatives who post here lose their sh*t and holler OPINiONS'
Quote:Hillary Clinton taking on drug industry
She is unveiling a plan to drive down the cost of prescriptions.
Clinton would also attempt to spur more competition and lower prices in the drug market by a set of regulatory reforms. For instance, she wants to fully fund the FDA's Office of Generic Drugs to clear out its generic drug approval backlog.
She also proposes lowering the exclusivity period for biologic drugs from 12 to seven years. Clinton also wants to let Americans import drugs for personal use from nations with safety standards as rigorous as those in the U.S.
Additionally, Clinton proposes cracking down on direct-to-consumer advertising. Ads for prescription drugs "can include confusing, misleading or incomplete information or exaggerated claims if not regulated effectively," her memo notes. She would eliminate corporate write-offs for direct-to-consumer advertising and establish required FDA pre-clearance for such ads.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-r...rug-costs/
By Brett Norman
09/22/15 12:01 AM EDT
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary...z4IaUanKbM
Like most Democrats, including Sanders, Clinton calls for empowering Medicare to leverage its massive negotiating power to lower prices for seniors. That's an idea that's been around since the Medicare drug law passed early in the George W. Bush administration, but the GOP has consistently opposed it.
Clinton and Sanders would let Americans re-import drugs from other countries, where they are often sold at half the price. And they would outlaw so-called pay-for-delay settlements in patent litigation in which brand name companies pay their generic competitors to hold off on marketing a cheaper copycat drug.
Clinton would require deeper rebates on drugs for low-income people on the Medicare program — the same provided to those on Medicaid. That's the source of the estimated $100 billion in savings.
Clinton’s plan includes some less familiar proposals as well, which were aired last week in a policy paper by the liberal Center for American Progress. Those include requiring companies that benefit from federal spending on basic research, such as through NIH, to spend a certain amount on research and development.
That's fashioned after an Obamacare requirement that insurers spend a fixed percentage of the premiums they collect on medical care, or else pay rebates to consumers.
The think tank last week also recommended giving an independent organization the authority to assess how a new drug compares to existing treatments, and recommend a price range to help insurers negotiate. Clinton is backing a similar proposal.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary...z4IaUFtiGh
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