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|Articles|March 1, 2005
More leeway for drug price negotiation
One important, but less-noticed, provision in the Medicare program exempts Medicare drug plans from the "best price" policy that limits the ability of health plans and PBMs to negotiate low drug prices. Now the Bush administration is looking to drop the best price requirement for all drug purchasers.
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