REALITY CHECK: PAHPA HAS ALWAYS INCLUDED FDA POLICY
Statement
Issues: Health and Health Care
"The Republican Committee leadership is putting American lives at risk with their refusal to address our nation's drug shortage crisis in PAHPA reauthorization. Democrats have put forward commonsense proposals that would improve our ability to quickly identify and respond to future pharmaceutical and medical device shortages.
Republican Committee leaders' assertions that PAHPA shouldn't include FDA-related policy do not make sense and defy reality considering all previous PAHPAs have included FDA policy.
It's time Committee Republicans recognize that drug shortages are a clear and present emergency that demands immediate action and that PAHPA is the natural place to do it."
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