Congressional leaders are feeling the pressure to cut big deals on drug pricing and surprise medical bills, but fear impeachment and escalating tensions with Iran may swamp the legislative agenda
Republicans and Democrats have a narrow opening to cut big deals on drug pricing and surprise medical bills and address two key concerns of voters — just in time for 2020 electoral politics to drive them apart.
That would be fine with some well-financed interest groups eager to keep the status quo. Doctor Patient Unity — a dark money group largely funded by two private equity-backed physician staffing companies — was the most prominent of the outside groups to spend heavily to influence the surprise billing debate, dropping more than $53 million on ads over the last half of 2019 to attack a leading surprise billing fix, according to Advertising Analytics.
Yet it will also invite a fresh round of high-pressure lobbying that could test vulnerable lawmakers in the House, and give skeptics nearly five months to build a case against a compromise. Congress faces an even bigger partisan gulf on drug pricing as Democrats and Republicans feature the issue prominently in their 2020 health care agendas. A bipartisan proposal negotiated between Sens.
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