Trump CMS Offers Defense Of IRA In First Appellate Brief

By Gabrielle Wanneh / February 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Trump administration on Wednesday (Feb. 19) filed its first brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, defending Medicare’s drug price negotiation program against a myriad of allegations of unconstitutionality from the drug industry -- establishing that although the drug industry hopes to work with President Donald Trump on revising and limiting the scope of the price-setting mechanism, the administration may not be on the same page. The brief is substantively similar to the many briefs filed by the...


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