House Passes Legislation Aiming to Shore Up Health Law and Lower Drug Costs

"The House passed a suite of health care bills that tied shoring up the Affordable Care Act to lowering drug prices, as Democrats tried to hold Republicans to their campaign promises to secure coverage for pre-existing medical conditions and rein in the cost of prescription medicine.  But the GOP  called  it  “a bailout” for the health law and instead introduced a Republican bill that included only the drug-pricing measures, plus an extension of funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. "