Federal Judge Puts Last-Minute Block On Trump’s Rule Forcing Drug Companies To Include Prices In TV

[rangerrebew]

 

Federal Judge Puts Last-Minute Block On Trump’s Rule Forcing Drug Companies To Include Prices In TV Ads
 

Evie Fordham on July 9, 2019

A federal judge put a last-minute block on the Trump administration’s rule forcing drug companies to include prices in television ads Monday night, and now it could be up to Congress to get the job done, a health policy expert told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Judge Amit Mehta ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services did not have the authority to make the rule after drug companies sued the administration. Mehta’s decision rolled in just hours before the rule was set to go into effect, reported Stat News. The drug companies said the rule encroached on their free speech, but the Obama-appointed judge did not address that topic.

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/federal-judge-puts-last-minute-block-on-trumps-rule-forcing-drug-companies-to-include-prices-in-tv-ads/?utm_campaign=TPI07092019afternoon&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4371d3fdbb69c3b8a6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI

[rangerrebew]

If the government can force cigarette manufacturers to put warning labels on their product, how is it they can't force big pharma put pricing on theirs?   Perhaps the judge is a liberal Trump hater and making big bucks from big Pharma.

[txradioguy]

Perhaps the judge is a liberal Trump hater and making big bucks from big Pharma.

You called it.

Amit Priyavadan Mehta (born 1971) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed by Barack Obama and began his term on December 19, 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Mehta