Medicare Price Negotiation Lite? Congress Targets Post-Exclusivity Drugs, Preserves Launch Price Discretion

Legislative deal on drug pricing reform includes a version of US government price negotiation for a subset of Medicare drugs. Only 10 will be selected for negotiation the first year but some analysts believe as many as 100 could be subject to negotiation by 2030.

Medicare Price Negotiation, But On A Limited Scale • Source: Alamy

Legislation establishing a process for the US Health and Human Services Department to negotiate the price of prescription drugs in Medicare may finally become law after years of wrangling between Congress and the pharmaceutical industry.

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