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💭   Editorial: Healey's drug fee a prescription for high cost pain

Politics

Gov. Maura Healey seems to be of two minds when it comes to helping Bay Staters deal with rising costs.On the one hand, she is on Team Constituent in calling on the Department of Public Utilities to take immediate action to bring energy prices down.On the other, she is on Team Tax-‘Em in proposing to reinstitute a long-dormant tax on prescription drugs as part of her FY26 spending plan.A “pharmacy assessment” on all prescription drugs sold here would see pharmacies charged 6% per prescription or $2 per, whichever is less.Guess who would wind up bearing that burden?The plan, according to the Mass Fiscal Alliance, would result in higher costs for patients, at a time when they’re already ...

Boston Herald     Feb 19, 2025