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RSS FeedsPelosi offers Medicare negotiation plan to curb drug prices
(World News USA)

 
 

19 september 2019 21:10:15

 
Pelosi offers Medicare negotiation plan to curb drug prices
(World News USA)
 


WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, trying to seize the agenda on a top consumer issue, announced an ambitious prescription drug plan Thursday that would allow Medicare to negotiate prices for seniors and younger people. The proposal would direct Medicare to bargain over as many as 250, but no fewer than 25, of the costliest drugs. Insulin is on the list. Drugmakers that refuse to negotiate could face steep penalties. Companies that raise prices beyond inflation would have to pay rebates to Medicare. The plan would limit copays for seniors covered by Medicare`s `Part D` prescription drug program to $2,000. Medicare-negotiated prices would be available to other buyers, such as...


 
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