Washington, D.C. — February 25, 2025 — Commitment to Seniors, a project of American Commitment, applauds Representatives Greg Murphy, Don Davis, and Richard Hudson for re-introducing the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act. The EPIC Act fixes the Biden “pill penalty,” which discourages investment in small-molecule medicines and limits seniors’ access to cutting-edge treatments.
A new national poll by McLaughlin & Associates highlights the urgency of this issue:
- 86% of senior voters are concerned that the IRA’s “pill penalty” will stifle investment in American research and development of innovative small-molecule medicines, including those for cancer treatment.
- 82% of senior voters support the EPIC Act to fix the IRA’s “pill penalty” by granting small molecule medicines in pill and tablet form the same 13-year price control exemption that other medicines receive.
“Thank you, Representatives Murphy, Davis, and Hudson, for re-introducing this critical legislation to fix the Biden pill penalty,” said Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment. “Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act broke Medicare, putting cutting-edge therapies and cures for chronic diseases at risk. The whole price control scheme should be repealed, but at an absolute minimum Congress should include the EPIC Act in reconciliation to end the pill penalty and protect investment in new cures.”
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