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Trump administration echoes Biden’s defense of IRA drug program

Justice Dept. legal brief comes as industry champions are poised to introduce bipartisan bill to eliminate ‘pill penalty’

February 21, 2025 8:09 PM UTC

The Trump administration is defending the Medicare drug negotiation program in court, using the same legal arguments the Biden administration employed to defeat challenges to the program.

The Trump administration’s legal defense of the drug negotiation program stands in contrast to long-standing Republican opposition to the program, which was created in the Inflation Reduction Act — legislation that was enacted without a single Republican vote. ...

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