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November 07, 2018 at 02:35 PM
Congress’s health care priorities are likely to focus on drug prices as Obamacare repeal becomes a non-starter for a split legislature, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.
On changes to the Affordable Care Act, “I think it is very obvious that a Democratic House is not going to be interested in that,” McConnell said at a post-midterm elections news conference in Washington, after Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and Republicans added to their control of the Senate.
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Instead, it’s more likely that the parties will find common ground on pharmaceutical costs — also a major issue for President Donald Trump.
“I can’t imagine that won’t be on the agenda,” McConnell said. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who is likely to take over as Speaker of the House when her party takes control next year, said that they “will take real, very strong legislative action” on drug prices.
Health insurance stocks rose Wednesday as investors placed bets that major changes to the health care system are off the table, for now.
