MSNBC Craig Melvin Reports August 12, 2021 15:29:00
In exchange there are advantages that doctors get. they pay without prior authorization. a lot of people like that. they pay quickly by law, a lot of doctors like that from an accounting standpoint. on the other hand for drugs we have never had that. when medicare was set up in 1965, or 66, there was, it didn't cover drugs, and it didn't until the early 2000s. by that time the situation in terms of drug importance changed dramatically. but the law accomplishing medicare covering drugs prohibited price setting by medicare and price negotiation by medicare. what the basis of that price is for dr...