MA, Part D Plans Face New Premium Calculus With Drug Price Negotiation

  • Jan 20, 2023

    The coming year is unlikely to see any major new policy developments come out of the split Congress, but health insurers and other stakeholders will have their hands full figuring out the implications of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare drug price negotiation policy, according to a Jan. 18 panel of Avalere Health experts. 

    Last November’s election led to divided control of Congress, with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives and Democrats in control of the Senate. Given that, “the activity this year, over the next two years, is going to look quite a bit different than we saw in Congress from the previous two years,” said Matt Kazan, managing director at Avalere.  

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  • Peter Johnson

    Peter has worked as a journalist since 2011 and has covered health care since 2020. At AIS Health, Peter covers trends in finance, business and policy that affect the health insurance and pharma sectors. For Health Plan Weekly, he covers all aspects of the U.S. health insurance sector, including employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces. In Radar on Drug Benefits, Peter covers the operations of (and conflicts between) pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with a particular focus on pricing dynamics and market access. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered transportation, public safety and local government for various outlets in Seattle, his hometown and current place of residence. He graduated with a B.A. from Colby College.

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