Earnest: Obama doesn’t regret expanding EpiPens

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The maker of the EpiPen is now the scourge of Capitol Hill, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle slam a steep 400 percent price hike for the allergy treatment.

But a few years ago, President Obama and lawmakers enthusiastically passed a law that encouraged schools to stockpile EpiPens, which can stave off anaphylactic shock due to an allergic reaction. Now it appears Obama doesn’t have any regrets for signing the 2013 law, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest.

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