Big Pharma Wins Big With Health Care Reform Bill

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Mon, 03/29/2010 - 9:50am

WASHINGTON — Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President Barack Obama's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage. To be sure, the law also levies taxes and imposes other costs on pharmaceutical companies, leaving its final impact on the industry's bottom line uncertain.

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Topics: barack obama drug industry health care health care bill health care overhaul health care reform lobbyist pharmaceutical lobby pharmaceuticals u.s. drug industry universal health care

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