The proposal is one of several new health-care policy proposals that Biden will outline during his State of the Union address Thursday.

Key Points

  • President Joe Biden said the federal Medicare program should negotiate prices for at least 50 prescription drugs each year, up from the current target of 20 medicines.
  • That proposal is one of several new health-care policy plans Biden will outline during his State of the Union address Thursday.
  • But the fate of his new proposals will be in the hands of a divided Congress, making it highly uncertain whether they will pass into law.
  • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
    103·
    8 months ago

    He wasn’t talking about percentages though.

    Edit: I agree that more should be regulated, but you need to start with the critical ones first. It’s easier to negotiate from that standpoint and build up.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      83·
      8 months ago

      Yea, but instead of fifty drugs we should negotiate on all if them.

      There is no reason other than corporate greed to not negotiate drug prices.

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      Well, if you start with the 50 most used/highest line items on the budget… a lot of savings can be had.