Prescription Drug Pricing

Prescription drug prices in America are far too high. As a result, 31 percent of Americans can’t afford to take their medications as prescribed. The Center for American Progress analyzes and advocates for policy solutions to counteract the excessive prices set by pharmaceutical companies, including: advocating for direct price negotiation and price controls, combating manufacturer delay tactics, reforming the patent process, and promoting greater federal oversight and intervention.

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A person with multiple sclerosis sorts prescription pills, June 2019. (Getty/Kurt Wittman/UCG/Universal Images Group)
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Medicare drug price negotiation will result in thousands of dollars in net price savings for 30-day supplies of the first 10 drugs undergoing negotiation; here’s how those savings add up state by state.

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These briefs emphasize the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare prescription drug price negotiation program for affordability and health equity.

CAP Files Amicus Curiae Brief Highlighting Importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in Lowering Drug Prices Article

CAP Files Amicus Curiae Brief Highlighting Importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in Lowering Drug Prices

This brief, filed by the Center for American Progress and the NAACP in response to Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al., emphasizes the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare prescription drug price negotiation program for affordability and health equity.

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