RICHMOND, Va. – A few weeks before Virginia’s Election Day, Democratic candidates on the ballot this November pledged their support for establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) in the upcoming legislative session. These four candidates are among the 85 total bipartisan nominees who have declared support for a PDAB, including 61 candidates for House of Delegates and 24 candidates for Virginia Senate, according to a Freedom Virginia 2023 candidate questionnaire.
A PDAB is an independent board of experts with the power to cap the prices of certain high-cost prescription drugs.
Sharing how rising prescription drug costs have affected their families and communities, candidates from Loudoun to Norfolk to Richmond to Piedmont spoke directly to voters about their commitment to fight for commonsense policies that lower costs and help people keep more of what they earn.
The following candidates shared their messages on Twitter today:
Gov. Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia PAC recently accepted a $60,000 contribution from PhRMA, the lead opponents of this bill who fought against attempts to lower medicine costs.