Board to cap prescription drug prices clears Michigan Senate

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Tonight on the Detroit Evening Report, a water affordability bill package is making a comeback in the state legislature. Plus, updates on the Pistons and Knicks.Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.Water affordability bills reintroducedA water affordability bill package from last legislative session has been reintroduced to the Michigan Senate. The package would cap water r…

Michigan Senate moves ahead with prescription price controls

(The Center Square) – If some bipartisan cooperation continues in Michigan, prescription costs could soon be regulated by the government. All 19 Democrats and one Republican joined in the state Senate to pass a series of bills that would create…

Drug affordability legislation gets second pass through Michigan Senate

Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), lead sponsor of a bill package that would create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, speaking in support of the original legislation in 2023. | Kyle DavidsonFor the second time, Michigan Senate Democrats have pushed forward legislation they say will bring to heel “skyrocketing” prescription drug costs in the state. On Thursday, the state Senate passed bills that would create a Prescription Drug Affordabili…

Board to cap prescription drug prices clears Michigan Senate

The three-bill package still needs approval from the state House to reach the governor's desk.

State Democrats try again to create a board to limit prescription drug costs

Michigan Democrats are again trying to create a government board aimed at limiting prescription drug costs, a move that faces a hazy future in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. A package of bills that would give the state power to place a cap on prices on expensive prescription drugs was approved Thursday by the Michigan Senate. All 19 majority Democrats and one Republican — Sen. John Damoose of Harbor Springs — voted in favor …