The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is likely to feel significant political pressure to prove the new Medicare price negotiation program produces big savings and so will seek deep discounts, especially with the first list of negotiated prices due to be released shortly before the 2024 Presidential elections.
Medicare Negotiation And The Politics Of Drug Pricing
Medicare pricing decisions will become ‘highly politicized,’ Scott Gottlieb predicts. The former FDA commissioner and CMS official also believes the program should rely on outside health technology assessment groups, and he offers his opinions on how negotiation will (or won’t) change patent litigation.
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