2022: The End Of The US Price Negotiation Debate?

The Democratic party has been advocating for Medicare drug price negotiation authority in the US for almost two decades. The coming year may see it finally happen – or it might mean the issue is gone for good.

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Heading into December, it felt like enactment of a drug price negotiation program in the US Medicare program was all but inevitable.

As 2022 begins, however, that inevitability is very much in doubt, after Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) declaration of opposition to...

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