Inside Drug Pricing - 07/15/2019

With Drug-Rebate Rule Dead, HHS Plans To Rely On Foreign Countries To Lower U.S. Prices

By John Wilkerson Rachel Cohrs / July 15, 2019 at 12:26 PM
With the drug-rebate rule gone, the administration’s remaining proposals all rely on foreign countries to lower America’s drug prices, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is trying to hijack the president’s foreign reference pricing plans by extending her government negotiation proposal to Medicare doctor-administered drugs. As the administration’s options dwindle, Democratic presidential candidates are publishing more details of their plans to lower drug prices. HHS Secretary Alex Azar unexpectedly announced last week that the department was giving up on its...


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