Democrats try to break through on drug pricing message

Much of the public appears to be largely in the dark about Democrats' signature effort to let Medicare negotiate drug prices, a potentially troubling sign ahead of next month's midterm elections. 

The inclusion of a provision allowing those negotiations in the Inflation Reduction Act marked the culmination of an at least 20-year push by Democrats and was touted as a major win over Big Pharma.

Health care has been a winning issue for the party in p...