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Crapo, Wyden pursue health deal that's not about Obamacare

By POLITICO  
   January 15, 2026

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are quietly working on a health package to address long-standing, bipartisan goals like overhauling rules for pharmacy benefit managers before the month is over. Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) told POLITICO he is tackling legislation with his panel's top Democrat, Ron Wyden (D-OR). The package would likely go beyond PBMs — middlemen who negotiate drug prices on behalf of insurers and large companies — and address a slew of other bipartisan health policies. The plan is to have something ready to coincide with the Jan. 30 deadline for new government funding legislation.

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