Shifting Medicare Part B Drugs To Part D: Legislative Prospects Cloudy

Democrats on US Senate Health Committee express concern that patient cost sharing could increase significantly with the change.

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HHS is getting pushback from congressional Democrats on its policy proposal to introduce price negotiations for Medicare Part B drugs by shifting coverage for at least some treatments to the Medicare Part D program.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar fielded questions on the B-to-D proposal and other elements of the Trump Administration’s drug pricing blueprint during a hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee June 12. He also addressed challenges to claims by the Administration that manufacturers will voluntarily lower list prices

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