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Medicare drug-price negotiations are on: Seniors could soon get a big break on drug prices

Por: MarketWatch Business February 03, 2024

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For the first time — thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, a key pillar of the Biden administration’s domestic agenda — the federal government will begin negotiating prices on 10 costly prescription drugs covered by Medicare on Feb. 1. “Medicare is no longer taking whatever prices for these drugs that the pharmaceutical companies demand,” President Joe Biden said. Let the haggling begin.  Lower drug prices, which have been challenged... + full article



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