Inside Drug Pricing - 08/19/2019

Verma Mum On Whether Int’l Pricing Index Distinct From Favored Nations Order

By John Wilkerson / August 15, 2019 at 6:01 PM
CMS Administrator Seema Verma declined to say whether the Medicare International Pricing Index is a separate initiative from the so-called favored-nations executive order the president is writing to ensure the United States pays no more for drugs than other countries. The confusion over basic details of how the administration is approaching one of its biggest health care objectives makes it difficult for lobbyists and Congress to figure out whether the administration would stop pursuing international price controls if Congress were...


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