Dems forge lim­it­ed agree­ment on Medicare drug price ne­go­ti­a­tions

De­moc­rats pat­ted each oth­er on the back for of­fi­cial­ly co­a­lesc­ing around a pre­scrip­tion drug plan that will let Medicare ne­go­ti­ate a lim­it­ed set of drug prices, but an­a­lysts are al­ready pok­ing holes in the Dems’ plans and there’s a lot still rid­ing on what’s ex­act­ly in the text of the bill (up­date: here’s the drug pric­ing bill text from the House Rules com­mit­tee, be­gin­ning on p.1977).

House Speak­er Nan­cy Pelosi praised the agree­ment yes­ter­day, not­ing that it will de­liv­er “strong drug price ne­go­ti­a­tions” to low­er prices for se­niors and halt price hikes above in­fla­tion, as well as cre­ate a new $2,000 out-of-pock­et lim­it for se­niors’ ex­pens­es in Medicare Part D.

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