With prescription drug bills, Vermont lawmakers hope to lower pharmaceutical prices

Vermont lawmakers are hoping that new legislation headed to the desk of Gov. Phil Scott will help patients afford prescription drugs, as rising pharmaceutical prices push up health care costs across the state. As legislators scrambled to wrap up the legislative session earlier this month, they passed two bills that aim to reform how prescription drugs are priced and distributed. “We’ve known about the impact that skyrocketing prescription drug costs have had for years,” Rep. Mari Cordes, D-Lincoln, the clerk of the House Health Care committee, said in an interview....