Infrastructure Bill Includes Rebate Rule Delay, Discarded-Drug Offset

By John Wilkerson / July 28, 2021 at 7:55 PM

The bipartisan infrastructure deal includes two offsets related to drugs: It delays the Trump-era Part D drug rebate rule ($49 billion in savings), and it makes drug companies refund Medicare for leftover medicine when vials contain more of a doctor-administered drug than patients need ($3 billion offset).


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