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congress also banned medicare from negotiating drug prices...

• maxerickson 8y ago
  Medicare Part D is provided by private companies that have formularies and negotiate prices and so on. That the government doesn't directly negotiate prices there is technically true and sort of beside the point.
  • dd36 8y ago
    Then why’d they forbid it?
  • refurb 8y ago
    Not sure why this is downvoted, as it's accurate. Private insurers are free to negotiate prices for Part D drugs on behalf of Medicare, which they do quite aggressively.