Everyone supports containing skyrocketing prescription drug prices but S.B. 223, sponsored by Sen. John Edwards (D), would actually just make the problem worse for Virginia patients and our economy.
While well-intentioned, Sen. John Edward's bill doesn't address the real cause of high drug prices, and would penalize FDA-approved generics — the medicines that have been reliably affordable for so long for so many consumers. Sadly, this disconnect could actually have the perverse effect of raising drug costs in the State.