SCOTUS Rejects Appeals from Drug Manufacturers over Medicare Price Negotiations

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rejected appeals from pharmaceutical companies that object to negotiating Medicare drug prices with the federal government.

The justices did not comment in leaving in place rulings from the federal appeals court in Philadelphia that dismissed the drug manufacturers' claims.

The negotiation program was created as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which capped years of debate over whether the federal government should be allowed to haggle directly with pharmaceutical companies over the prices of drugs in Medicare.

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