Wednesday, January 16, 2019

No-haggle policy on drug pricing cost Medicare at least $14.4B

Becker's Hospital Review

No-haggle policy on drug pricing cost Medicare at least $14.4B, study finds
Written by Alia Paavola | January 15, 2019
Medicare Part D could have saved $14.4 billion on the top 50 medications covered in 2016 if the program had been able to pay the same prices as the Department of Veterans Affairs, which often negotiates discounts...
In particular, the VA spent $1.7 billion of Gilead's Harvoni hepatitis C treatment in 2016, compared to Medicare Part D, which spent $3 billion on the drug...

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