Meeting the Demand for Lower Drug Prices in Medicare.
Three policy approaches to lowering drug costs that Congress is actively considering are: 1) allowing the government to negotiate directly with manufacturers in the Medicare Part D program, 2) placing inflationary spending caps on drugs, and 3) so-called reference pricing.
Hill Democrats Get Tough on Big Pharma, Prescription Drug Prices.
The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act, which would peg the price of prescription drugs in the United States to the median price in five major countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan…
Medicare Must Be Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices.
People are dying — or their quality of life is poor — because high drug prices are forcing seniors to go without life-saving medications. It’s time to end pharma’s drug price gouging. It’s time to stop forcing seniors to cut their pills in half or skip a dose. That’s why the National Committee urges the Senate to approve legislation that would allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
