Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) in introducing the End Price Gouging for Medications Act. The bicameral bill would lower prescription drug costs for all Americans and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) pressed Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) on how their anti-competitive practices have raised costs for Vermont patients by undermining competition in the prescription drug supply chain. Senator Welch also discussed how…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced the Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act, bipartisan legislation to lower drug prices for Americans. The Senators’ bill would offer relief for millions of patients by prohibiting pharmaceutical companies from…

PLATTSBURGH, NY – Last night, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) in hosting a rally to fight back against Congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid. Held in Plattsburgh, Sen. Welch and Rep. Tonko spoke to a crowd of more than…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a slate of bipartisan bills to lower the cost of prescription drugs, including several sponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.).   “We’re facing an affordability crisis right now, and the cost of health care and prescription drugs is…