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Government poised to gain bargaining power on Medicare drug prices

Aug 16, 2022

Government poised to gain bargaining power on Medicare drug prices

Americans continue to spend on drugs at an increasing rate. Tim Boyle/Getty Images

The soon-to-be signed Inflation Reduction Act includes a variety of health care provisions, including allowing Medicare to negotiate over prescription drug prices. There appear to be questions on a vaccine plan against COVID variants. We check in with the BBC's Victoria Craig regarding her chat with the former governor of the Afghan Central Bank.

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