The American College of Physicians joined Tuesday the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, an initiative to help combat the rising price of specialty drugs, according to CNBC.
With 140,000 physicians, ACP is the second-largest physician association in the U.S. John Rother, the president of the National Coalition on Health Care, which runs the campaign, said he believes ACP's participation will help create a greater impetus for change.
ACP's support for controlling prices comes after the Obama administration said Monday it wants the power to negotiate the prices of high-cost drugs under the Medicare Part D program. It remains unclear whether the proposal, part of the fiscal 2016 budget, will pass through Congress, according to the report.
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