Covid budget crunch looms over government funding fight

Congress is hurtling toward yet another government funding deadline on Friday, and on top of many other contentious issues, they’re hashing out whether to fulfill the White House’s request of…

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Hello, D.C. Diagnosis readers. The Senate Finance Committee is gearing up to hold new hearings on reducing the price of prescription drugs. Here’s a factoid that’ll make you scream into your hands about Washington gridlock: It’s been more than three years since pharmaceutical CEOs testified before that very committee, on this very issue. Oh, how young and innocent we were back then. I’m at nicholas.florko@statnews.com.

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