Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Clinton Asks Where Sanders Was On Health Care In '90s; Campaign Returns Volley With Photographic Evidence
The Huffington Post: Sanders Fires Back At Clinton For Distorting His Health Care Record
In the latest round of policy battles between Democratic presidential opponents Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Clinton diminished Sanders’ record on healthcare on Saturday, raising the ire of the Sanders campaign. In pledging to take on the power of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries if she becomes president, Clinton accused Sanders of being absent in her fight for health care reform in the 1990s. (Fang, 3/13)
In other news, prescription drug costs have become a hot topic with 2016 voters —
Los Angeles Times: Voter Anger Over Surging Prescription Drug Costs Has Generated A Campaign Issue
[The] concern about the cost of prescription drugs has emerged as a big issue in the presidential campaign, prompting candidates in both parties to sharpen their rhetoric against pharmaceutical companies and put curbing drug prices at the center of their healthcare plans. The message is particularly resonant here in Florida, which holds its primary Tuesday and where people over 60 make up more than a third of registered voters. At the Democratic debate in Miami on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders repeatedly castigated drug companies for “ripping off” the American public. Hillary Clinton has vowed to rein in drug prices and is running an ad in Florida specifically focusing on the “predatory” pricing of one embattled pharmaceutical company, Valeant. (Mason, 3/11)
