President Joe Biden will ask Congress on Wednesday to pass a bill that would give the federal government authority to negotiate prescription drug prices.   In his first joint session of Congress, the president will unveil his broad economic agenda and request that Congress passes legislation this year, a White House official told HuffPost.   Democrats have pressed the Biden administration to address the rise in prescription drug pricing costs.   RELATED: Biden to unveil proposals aimed at fixing transit, social infrastructure A quarter of Americans said they have trouble paying prescription drug prices, according to a 2019 poll from Kaiser Family Foundation.   […]

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