US Drug Pricing Debate Enters Critical Phase: Two Visions For 2021
Executive Summary
If the Senate's bipartisan price reform proposal is enacted into law this year, the drug pricing agenda for the next Administration will likely be set: implementing a host of changes to Medicare Part B, Part D and Medicaid. But if it fails, then more direct price negotiation measures will likely be the new starting point.
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