Tag: Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI)
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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…