Happy Holidays: ‘Most Favored Nation’ Rule Effective Date Likely To Be Delayed

Either through the courts or a postponement by the Trump administration itself, the Medicare Part B rule seems destined to remain dormant instead of going into effect in January as scheduled.

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Health care policy experts Stacey Hughes, executive VP-designate of America's Health Insurance Plans, Foley Hoag partner Ross Margulies and BGR's Remy Brim discuss the fate of President Trump’s eleventh-hour drug pricing rules during the Biopharma Congress. • Source: Screenshot

The Trump Administration’s controversial rule to lower drug prices by basing Medicare Part B reimbursement on the lowest prices paid in other developed countries will probably not go into effect as planned on the first of January; a reprieve will come from the courts or the Administration itself, several health policy experts predicted.

Four separate lawsuits opposing the rule have been filed by biopharma and health care providers. Oral arguments in support of...

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