Drugmakers want to stop Medicare from negotiating prices

What a fantastic use of taxpayer money, for the US Chamber of Commerce to sue to prevent a law which would allow the government to pay less for expensive medications.

Didn't the original Part D Medicare back in the Bush Administration have no-negotiation as part of that massive giveaway to drug companies?

You know, if they attached a 5 year no negotiation to a Medicare-for-All bill, it might pass the house and senate. I mean, if PartD passes in the height of the Bush Administration....

"Coal mine operators want to stop unions from negotiating wages."

Given the fact that their medication research is paid for with tax payer money I’d say they should be very happy they even are allowed to make a profit at all

It’s not a negotiation if the law dictates that you have to sign and that you are forced to accept a significant discount, which seems to be the core of the case:

> once HHS unilaterally selects a drug for inclusion in the program, its manufacturer is compelled to sign an ‘agreement’ promising to sell the drug to Medicare beneficiaries at whatever ‘fair’ price the agency dictates, which must represent at least a 25% to 60% discount,” the complaint says, calling it “tantamount to extortion.”