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Can Washington deliver on drug costs amid impeachment probe? By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Major legislation to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of people may get sidelined now that House Democrats have begun an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Proposals had been moving in Congress, but there are more ways for the process to break down than to succeed. Still, nobody says

they're giving up. Some questions and answers about the legislation and its uncertain prospects: Q: Why, now, is there a big push to lower drug prices? A: Some would say it’s overdue. Drug prices emerged as the public’s top health care concern near the end of the Obama administration as people with health insurance got increasingly worried about their costs. Continued on Next Page

The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

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