Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations: Assessing Constitutional Structural Limits

J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(4):956-960. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.12. Epub 2024 Mar 13.

Abstract

A series of structural constitutional arguments lodged in multiple cases against Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) authorities to negotiate prescription drug prices via the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act threaten the legitimacy of CMS program and federal agency powers.

Keywords: Agency Deference; CMS; Constitution; Medicare; Prescription Drugs; Public Health.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Drug Costs
  • Humans
  • Medicare*
  • Negotiating
  • Prescription Drugs*
  • United States

Substances

  • Prescription Drugs