politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year, up from a target of 20

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Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year, up from a target of 20

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politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

The proposal is one of several new health-care policy proposals that Biden will outline during his State of the Union address Thursday.

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President Joe Biden said the federal Medicare program should negotiate prices for at least 50 prescription drugs each year, up from the current target of 20 medicines.
That proposal is one of several new health-care policy plans Biden will outline during his State of the Union address Thursday.
But the fate of his new proposals will be in the hands of a divided Congress, making it highly uncertain whether they will pass into law.

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Well, if you start with the 50 most used/highest line items on the budget… a lot of savings can be had.

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