Democratic Health Leaders to President Trump: Hand Over Your Secret Deals with Pharmaceutical Companies

Democratic Health Leaders to President Trump: Hand Over Your Secret Deals with Pharmaceutical Companies

WASHINGTON - House and Senate Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to President Trump today requesting copies of the most-favored-nation agreements struck with pharmaceutical companies, which have been kept hidden from Congress and the American people. The letter was signed by House Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR).

"As Ranking Members of the committees with jurisdiction over health care, we write to request copies of the most-favored-nation agreements that you struck with pharmaceutical companies and have kept hidden from Congress and the American people," the health leaders wrote to Trump.

During the State of the Union, Trump called on Congress "to codify my most favored nation program into law." However, Congress has not been provided with essential details on these secret deals, and the Trump Administration barred pharmaceutical companies from disclosing information about the agreements' terms.

"If you truly believe that the deals you struck are in the best interest of the American people and should be codified by Congress, you will promptly provide them to Congress without limitation or redaction," the Democratic Committee leaders continued. "Then, and only then, can there be any discussion or debate about whether they accomplish the goal that Democrats have long championed of lowering prescription drug prices for Americans. If you do not provide the agreements, however, the only conclusion that we can reach is that they serve the interests of you and the pharmaceutical industry rather than the American people."

To read the full letter, click here.

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