Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs

Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs

https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-negotiated-prices-initial-price-applicability-year-2026

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sparky@lemmy.federate.cc · 2 pts · 2y

I take one of these drugs, Farxiga - I’m diabetic. It’s listed here at $556 a box, I was paying almost $400 a month as my insurance copay in the states. Six months ago I moved to Portugal and here in the European Union it costs me 7 euros to fill that same prescription for 90 days. And that’s through the Public Health Service; I don’t have private health care at all!

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xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

Admittedly CMS isn't a news outlet but these are the people who actually make the decisions.