Democratic lawmakers joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are preparing drug pricing controls that could help bankroll a planned $3 trillion infrastructure bill they will attempt to pass in the summer. If Democrats add the drug-pricing proposal to their next budget reconciliation bill, they could pass it with a simple majority in both the House…

With Democrats having gained control of the Senate and the presidency, some form of drug-pricing reform is likely. But with the raging COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing threats to the Affordable Care Act, Democrats are more likely to focus on those issues in the near term, according to Barrett Thornhill, a partner at the public affairs…