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Despite Restraints, Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan Could Still Aid Consumers

Provisions in Democrats' Medicare prescription drug pricing crack open the door to reforms that could have dramatic effects, experts say.

Nov 9, 2021

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The Public Backs Medicare Rx Price Negotiation Even After Hearing Both Sides’ Views

A poll found the vast majority of adults support letting the federal government negotiate drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries and those in private health insurance plans.

Oct 12, 2021

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Biden’s Executive Order Includes Drug Pricing. But Will It Do Enough?

KHN teamed up with PolitiFact to analyze Biden’s campaign promises, but experts say the jury is still out on how meaningful these efforts will be.

Jul 19, 2021

As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them Brooklyn Popp Fri, 02/12/2021 - 09:44

The measures would impose taxes on increases in the price of drugs that don’t reflect improved clinical value and set the rates paid by state-run and commercial health plans to a benchmark based on prices in Canada.

Fed up with a lack of federal action to lower prescription drug costs, state legislators around the country are pushing bills to penalize drugmakers for unjustified price hikes and to cap payment at much-lower Canadian levels.