Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate

( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the negotiation process.”

President Biden has announced that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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VERBATIM: The announcement clears the way for talks that could lower their costs in coming years. The White House says 9 million seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries paid more than $3.4 billion on these 10 drugs alone last year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in August the first 10 drugs selected for the negotiation process.