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CMS proposes rule for Medicare drug price negotiations from 2029

Medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Reuters

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a rule to establish a permanent framework for its Medicare drug price negotiation program starting in 2029, aiming to lower costs for million of patients while providing drugmakers more certainty.

The proposed rule includes policies for negotiating and renegotiating prices for costly, single-source drugs.

(Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

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This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM.

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