Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got
If the negotiated prices were in effect in 2023, Medicare would have saved $6 billion and beneficiaries would have saved $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs, such as copays at the pharmacy counter. That’s what officials say they expect to save in the first year the prices are in effect.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/15/nx-s1-5075659/medicare-negotiated-drug-prices-for-the-first-time-heres-what-it-got
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