Rep. Peters Open To Medicare Drug Price Negotiation In Part D

By John Wilkerson / October 15, 2021 at 12:23 PM
Rep. Scott Peters, a Democrat pushing a watered-down Medicare drug price negotiation bill limited to Medicare Part B, on Tuesday (Oct. 14) said he is open to Medicare negotiating prices for drugs in Part D. However, on Thursday the California lawmaker said he opposes using an excise tax to enforce government price controls, and he said the government should not set prices while drugs are covered by exclusivity, which runs counter to the goal of using negotiation to lower launch...


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