Democrats eye using liberal drug pricing reforms to offset cost of infrastructure package

House Democrats are aiming to allow the government to negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies as part of planned infrastructure legislation in order to offset some of the trillions of dollars of spending.

“Usually infrastructure has not been partisan,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a Tuesday event hosted by the pro-Obamacare group Protect Our Care. “We have to make decisions as we go along. But we would be missing an opportunity if we did not include lowering the cost of prescription drugs.”