Employers Increasingly Back Rx Price Negotiation, Lowering Medicare Age

By Amy Lotven / August 26, 2019 at 3:27 PM
Large employers are increasingly open to the government negotiating prices of high-cost drugs, a notable change from previous years that reflects ongoing concern over skyrocketing costs, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). The survey also found a majority of employers would support lowering the eligibility age for Medicare, although the 147 large employers surveyed were split on where the threshold should be set. But employers by a large margin had reservations about Medicare...


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