Tag: healthcare costs
Big Pharma has a legislative blitz to prevent Medicare from negotiating drug prices. Getting spending on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid “under control” is at the top of all the budgeteers’ agenda. While the intention sounds reasonable, spending on these programs is not out of control. Social Security spending is slated to rise from…
Everybody thinks it’s a good idea, but it’s really quite complicated. President Trump’s proposal to establish an international pricing index as a benchmark to control drug spending under Medicare Part B has once again raised the issue of allowing the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs for Medicare. Indeed, a recent Kaiser Family…
