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Drug pricing reform law: Medicare to negotiate price of blood thinners, insulin

NPR

Published August 29, 2023 at 9:33 AM EDT

Insulin is displayed at Pucci's Pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

Medicare announced today that it would negotiate prices for a set of 10 drugs as part of the government’s drug pricing reform law. The list includes blood thinners, insulins, diabetes and heart failure medications.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with STAT news correspondent Rachel Cohrs.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.