Hillary Clinton calls on EpiPen maker to lower price immediately

Hillary Clinton has asked the maker of the the EpiPen to voluntarily lower the price of the lifesaving allergy treatment, which has jumped by over 400 percent in the past few years. Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Claire McCaskill of Missouri also requested pricing information from the manufacturer, Mylan NV, within two weeks.

Clinton called the price hit "outrageous" and "the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers" in a statement. She’s not alone. Several senators have been pressing Mylan over the price hikes. The American Medical Association — the nation’s largest physician organization — made a similar plea, with AMA president Andrew Gurman calling the price hikes "exorbitant" in a statement....