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STAT+: Key House panel proposes lowering out-of-pocket drug costs in Medicare

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JULY 24, 2023

The House Ways & Means Committee package includes a new provision that would ensure that patients in the Medicare program pay for medicines they pick up at the pharmacy counter based on the discounted price that insurers negotiate with drugmakers, instead of higher sticker prices, starting in 2027.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biogen to slash 1,000 more jobs; key House panel proposes lowering Medicare out-of-pocket drug costs

STAT

JULY 25, 2023

The company had said in April it would pause or discontinue at least four studies of experimental drugs to focus on more lucrative options including the Leqembi launch and trim costs. This protection has not been proposed in any other legislation considered by health care committees in Congress.

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STAT+: Key House panel proposes lowering out-of-pocket drug costs in Medicare

STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biogen to slash 1,000 more jobs; key House panel proposes lowering Medicare out-of-pocket drug costs

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