AARP Pushes Medicare Rx-Price Negotiation In National Ad Campaign

AARP is launching a nationwide campaign on state and national drug-pricing policy issues that includes promoting policies to let Medicare negotiate drug prices and to cap out-of-pocket drug spending for seniors, the group announced Tuesday (March 12). The group also released initial results from its drug-pricing survey showing that 92 percent of surveyed seniors support Medicare price negotiation. The campaign also will promote drug importation, a “crack down” on price gouging, a ban on patent suit settlements that delay generic...