The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to delay the negotiation process slated to start Oct. 1.
Medicare’s drug negotiation program is going to court.in a major legal battle over whether one of President Biden’s signature legislative achievements will be scrapped.in an attempt to block the federal government’s ability to negotiate the price of certain prescription drugs. — asked for a preliminary injunction to prevent its members from starting the negotiation process while litigation on the merits of the case continues.
The new program is the result of a rare loss on Capitol Hill for the pharmaceutical industry lobbying machine. Last year, Democrats passed legislation allowing the federal health insurance program to negotiate the price of drugs for the first time — and the legal blitz by opponents amounts to a list-ditch effort to thwart the program. Biden is expected to promote the
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