The government is currently prohibited by law from negotiating drug prices for Medicare. Medicare Part D is a federal government program which subsidizes the costs of prescriptions drugs for people enrolled in Medicare. Since it was approved by Congress in 2003 39 million Americans have enrolled in the program which now costs more than $80 billion per year. Opponents of Medicare Part D argue that it should be changed to allow the federal government to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. They point out that the Veterans Affairs administration is allowed to negotiate prices and…
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We need to phase OUT MEDICARE
@959Q73M3yrs3Y
Yes, it is an abomination that government is not allowed to negotiate drug prices for Medicare
@8WCXFV84yrs4Y
No, the government has no real ability to negotiate
@8VYZW2L4yrs4Y
no , they should be affordably and easy to get if needed
@8TJYMS94yrs4Y
No. The government screwed up Healthcare with Medicare and Medicaid. They tell hospitals and clinic what they will pay instead of paying the full bill sent, so everyone not on federal health care plans has to make up the difference.
@8HBVRXQConstitution5yrs5Y
Life saving drugs that are inexpensive to produce should not be purely governed by the free market. Medicare should have no bearing on that.
@8DWTHHZ5yrs5Y
Yes, the government should be allowed to attempt to negotiate, and drug companies should be allowed to say “no.”
@99CDZ942yrs2Y
Yes because I don't trust corporations but also no because I don't trust the government.
@97V52SK2yrs2Y
Yes, but it needs to be resonable
@8ZZF2R8Women’s Equality3yrs3Y
Yes, if it benefits the consumer
@8H9K36M5yrs5Y
Yes, but only if it is to decrease the costs.
@8G4BB7N5yrs5Y
Yes. Private insurance companies can do this, why not Medicare?
@8D9NZFRIndependent5yrs5Y
I think they should open it to the market
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