The First-Ever Government Negotiation Process for Drugs Has Finished, But the Politics Are Ongoing

Published: Aug 19, 2024

Authored by KFF’s Tricia Neuman, Juliette Cubanski and Larry Levitt, this post for Health Affairs Forefront examines how the results of the first-ever Medicare drug price negotiations will generate savings for the government and for Medicare beneficiaries, and how candidates’ views on the issue could play a role in the upcoming elections and in shaping the future of government negotiation of drug prices.