Legislation to prevent VA from outsourcing creation of its drug formulary and to require more input from medical professions is being considered in Congress.
The bipartisan bill was introduced by House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Jack Bergman (R-MI) and fellow committee members Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA), Jim Banks (R-IN) and Neal Dunn (R-FL).
In addition to preventing VA from outsourcing the creation of its formulary, it would require the agency to have medical professionals with relevant expertise making formulary decisions and conducting formulary analyses, instead of administrative staff.
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