Medicare Negotiation And The Politics Of Drug Pricing
Executive Summary
Medicare pricing decisions will become ‘highly politicized,’ Scott Gottlieb predicts. The former FDA commissioner and CMS official also believes the program should rely on outside health technology assessment groups, and he offers his opinions on how negotiation will (or won’t) change patent litigation.
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