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

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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 …