Public Citizen Statement for the Record of House Ways & Means Committee Markup of the Prescription Drug STAR Act (H.R. 2113)
On April 9, 2019, the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means held a markup on H.R. 2113, the Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting Act’ (STAR Act). The Act is a package of transparency measures relating to prescription drug prices, rebates and other information. Public Citizen filed a statement for the record that is critical of bill and called for the Committee and Congress to advance other measures to provide patients relief.