Prescription Drugs

• Retirees Welcome Addition of Medicare Drug Negotiation to Build Back Better Legislation

  November 02, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans on the New Drug Negotiation Plan Announced Today: “Older Americans are better off today than they were yesterday and the pharmaceutical industry’s monopoly p...Read more >

• President Biden Unveils Framework for Build Back Better Bill

  November 01, 2021: On Thursday, President Biden travelled to the Capitol to present a new outline of a framework of a broad legislative package that will provide support to millions of American families. Congress and the White House have spent weeks hammering out a dea...Read more >

• Alliance Members Speak Out for Drug Price Negotiation and Expanded Medicare Benefits

  October 12, 2021: On Wednesday, October 6, a group of health care advocates including the Florida Alliance (FLARA), medical professionals, and faith leaders held a virtual event urging Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL), another House Democrat who has opposed drug price negot...Read more >

• Drug Corporations Kick Lobbying into High Gear to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

  October 12, 2021: Millions of dollars in advertising, funded by pharmaceutical corporations and business organizations, are being spent to block President Biden’s Build Back Better plan, and the provision allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and expand b...Read more >

• KHN: The Public Backs Medicare Rx Price Negotiation Even After Hearing Both Sides’ Views

  October 12, 2021: As Congress debates cutting prescription drug costs, a poll released Tuesday found the vast majority of adults — regardless of their political party or age — support letting the federal government negotiate drug prices for Medicare beneficiar...Read more >

• CEOs Against Medicare Price Negotiation Were Paid $400 Million Collectively Last Year

  October 04, 2021: The fight over allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and use the savings to expand guaranteed dental, hearing and vision benefits, continued in earnest on Capitol Hill this week. Executives from 33 pharmaceutical corporations sent a le...Read more >

• KHN: An Ad’s Charge That Price Haggling Would ‘Swipe $500 Billion From Medicare’ Is Incorrect

  September 29, 2021: “These guys [insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats] are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.” Video advertisement from the 60 Plus American Ass...Read more >

• Alliance Fighting for Lower Drug Prices as Debate Heats up in Congress

  September 27, 2021: Alliance members in key congressional districts continued their efforts this week to persuade four moderate House Democrats who voted in Committee against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. House members Stephanie Murphy (FL), Scott...Read more >

• Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Proposal Blocked in Committee

  September 22, 2021: Democratic Reps. Scott Peters (CA), Kathleen Rice (NY) and Kurt Schrader (OR) cast the deciding votes against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices Wednesday. The 29-29 tie vote in the House Energy and Commerce Committee came after a 3-day...Read more >

• Administration Advances Plans for Lower Drug Prices as Congress Works on Ways to Expand Medicare with the Savings

  September 13, 2021: The Biden administration unveiled a detailed blueprint for lowering prescription drug prices last Thursday that includes allowing Medicare to directly negotiate lower drug prices and making those prices available to other insurance plans. The White H...Read more >