The federal government should make generic drugs.

[Eric J in MN]

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act, an ambitious proposal to address the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs. Her bill would lower prices and increase competition in the generic pharmaceutical market by establishing an Office of Drug Manufacturing within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tasked with manufacturing select generic drugs and offering them to consumers at a fair price that guarantees affordable patient access. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced identical companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The bill would “Require the Office to begin production of generic insulin within one year of enactment,” among other things.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-schakowsky-introduce-bicameral-legislation-to-radically-reduce-drug-prices-through-public-manufacturing-of-prescription-drugs

[Codeine]

1. That's a very interesting proposal.

I like it!

[Shell_Seas]

2. This is a great idea!

But you know the right won't like it.

[shenmue]

3. Yes

[MichMan]

4. The Federal government is going to build and operate their own pharmacuetical labs ? nt

[Eric J in MN]

6. The bill allows the office to either do that

...or contract.

[cynatnite]

5. The federal govt getting into the pharma business?

I don't know.

It sounds a little pie in the sky. That's not to mention the ginormous bureaucracy that's going to emerge from it. Making pharmaceuticals belongs in the hands of those who already know how to do it.

I like Elizabeth Warren, but this seems a little pie in the sky kind of dreaming.

I'd be more supportive a bill that caps costs.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. Abso-fuckin-lutely!

About time someone brought this up.