[Opinion] Federal Judge Blocks Big Pharma Attempt to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

Federal Judge Blocks Big Pharma Attempt to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

The judge noted that drug companies are not forced to participate in Medicare.

US judge refuses to block Medicare from negotiating drug prices

(Reuters) -The U.S. government’s Medicare health insurance program can begin negotiating prices for some prescription drugs this fall under a new program, a federal judge ruled on Friday, vindicating one of President Joe Biden’s signature initiatives. The order by U.S. District Judge Michael Newman in Dayton, Ohio, comes in a lawsuit brought against the Biden administration by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The nation’s largest business lobbying …