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The president’s proposal would have prohibited drugmakers from paying rebates to PBMs in government programs such as Medicare. The move could have upended a complex system that influences tens of billions of dollars of pharmaceutical spending.
“Based on careful analysis and thorough consideration, the President has decided to withdraw the rebate rule,” said Judd Deere, a White House spokesman. He said that the administration was encouraged by bipartisan discussion on legislation to control drug costs.
Tyrone's Commentary:
It never made much sense to me in the first place that rebates be abandoned. All the numbers pointed to drugmakers as being the primary winner not patients. Now that this has been put to bed let's get back to pushing for radical transparency. It is the lack of disclosure demanded by purchasers of PBM services which is the main culprit of overpayments not rebates.
Rebates had become a popular target of criticism in Washington after drug companies lobbied aggressively to cast them as the reason for high prices. Pharmacy-benefit managers negotiate drug discounts in the form of rebates, often keeping some of that money for themselves.
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