Politico: Part D Rule Could Harm Efforts to Eradicate HIV

As reported today by Politico, a new proposal to weaken Medicare's six protected classes policy could harm national efforts to eradicate HIV — a top priority of the Trump administration and HHS Secretary Alex Azar. "That's according to Precision Health Economics, which argues that applying negotiation tactics for protected classes drugs in Medicare Part D could harm patient access and end up hurting efforts to eradicate HIV. It's the latest in an effort led by AIDS United and other disease advocacy group to keep Medicare requirements to cover all protected class drugs." 

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