{"id":1977518,"date":"2023-07-19T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:36:38","slug":"jj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;J sues Biden to halt Medicare drug price talks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div\u200c class=\"post_content\">\n \u2063 <\/p>\n<div \u2062class=\"aplayer_app\"\u2062 data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0719\/9e1f42d2-5a4b-4cd0-8e36-107333355899\/audio.mp3?length=4487373&#038;duration=374\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <p\u200d class=\"text__text__1FZLe \u2062text__dark-grey__3Ml43\u200c text__regular__2N1Xr \u200dtext__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw\u2063 body__small_body__2vQyf \u2064article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">Johnson &#038; \u2063Johnson is\u200c taking \u2062legal action to prevent the \u2063U.S.\u2062 government\u200b from \u200dnegotiating \u200dlower drug prices\u2063 for \u2062Medicare recipients. \u200c<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 major \u2063drugmaker has \u200bjoined\u200b others\u200c in \u200cthe industry to challenge \u200dthe \u200dMedicare\u2063 drug-price \u200dnegotiations\u2062 established \u200dby \u200dthe \u2064Inflation \u200dReduction Act \u2062(IRA).\u2062 They filed \u2062a \u200bclaim\u2064 in the U.S. \u2062District\u2062 Court\u200d in\u2063 Trenton,\u200b New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>The \u2063IRA,\u2064 passed in 2022,\u2062 allows \u2063Medicare \u2063to \u200cnegotiate \u200bdrug \u200bprices for the\u200d first\u200d time\u200d in\u2063 its history.\u2064 The\u200b aim \u2063is to make\u2062 medications\u200d more\u200c affordable\u2064 for\u200b older \u2062Americans,\u2063 but it \u200bmay impact pharmaceutical\u2062 industry profits.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u200b<p\u200d class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 \u2062text__regular__2N1Xr\u2062 text__small__1kGq2 \u2064body__full_width__ekUdw\u200d body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">Pharmaceutical\u200c companies\u2062 argue that \u2064the \u200bnew\u200b drug price-negotiation\u200c program will \u2063hinder \u2064research and development \u2062of important treatments, in\u200d addition \u200cto \u2062reducing\u200b profits.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u200b &#038;\u200d Johnson states that they \u2063aim to stop what\u2063 they\u200b consider \u200b&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations\/\" title=\"J&#038;J sues Biden to halt Medicare drug price talks.\">innovation-damaging congressional \u200coverreach<\/a>&#8221; that \u2062threatens \u2064the U.S.&#8217;s position \u2064in \u200cdeveloping transformative\u2062 therapies and patients&#8217; access\u2064 to those treatments.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text__text__1FZLe\u2064 text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr \u2063text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw \u200bbody__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">Medicare Can\u200b Force Drug \u200cCompanies to \u2062Lower Prices on Some Products<\/h2>\n<p> \u200d\u2062 <\/p>\n<p \u2063class=\"text__text__1FZLe\u2063 text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">The Biden administration aims \u2063to save \u2063$25\u200c billion \u2063annually by \u20642031 \u2063by\u200c allowing Medicare to negotiate\u200d prices for certain\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-books-that-taught-me-how-to-help-a-mentally-ill-loved-one\/\" title=\"Here Are The Books That Taught Me How To Help A Mentally Ill Loved One\">expensive medications<\/a> \u2063used \u2062by\u200d those\u2062 who are 65\u200b and older.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Americans\u200d currently \u2063pay \u200dmore \u2063for \u200bprescription\u200c medicines than citizens\u2062 of any other country.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers \u2064for \u2063Medicare and Medicaid\u2063 Services \u2062(CMS), under the\u200d Health and \u2062Human Services\u2062 (HHS), \u200bwill \u200bselect the\u200d first 10\u200b high-cost\u2064 drugs \u200bcovered \u200dby\u200d Medicare for \u2062negotiations\u200c with manufacturers in \u2063early\u200b September.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>Discussions \u200dwill begin in February \u200d2024,\u200c and \u200bthe \u2063maximum\u200d negotiated \u2062prices will \u200dbe\u2063 announced in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The companies\u2063 producing those 10\u200c expensive \u2062drugs\u2062 have until October\u2062 to sign agreements \u200dto participate \u200cin \u200dthe\u2062 negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cnew \u2063prices \u200dare set \u200cto take\u200c effect \u200cin\u200b 2026, \u200bbut the \u200blawsuit may\u200d cause delays.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr\u200d text__small__1kGq2\u2063 body__full_width__ekUdw\u2064 body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">A\u2064 spokesperson for \u2063HHS\u2064 stated, &#8220;We will\u200b vigorously \u2063defend \u2063the \u2062president&#8217;s drug price \u200bnegotiation \u200dlaw, \u2064which is already helping\u200b to lower \u2063healthcare costs \u2063for \u200dseniors\u200c and people\u2063 with disabilities.\u2064 The law\u2062 is \u2064on our side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u200c <\/p>\n<h2>J&#038;J \u200dJoins Other Big \u2063Pharma\u2063 Giants in Stopping \u200cNew \u2064Provision<\/h2>\n<p> \u2063\u200d <\/p>\n<p>Bristol\u200c Myers\u2064 Squibb\u200d and \u200cMerck &#038;\u2064 Co., \u200dalong with \u200bthe U.S.\u2064 Chamber of \u200dCommerce\u2064 and \u200dthe Pharmaceutical \u200bResearch\u200b and \u200dManufacturers \u2063of America,\u2062 have\u2062 already \u2062filed \u2064a\u2064 lawsuit against the Biden administration\u200c over\u2062 the\u200b plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bChamber of Commerce\u200d has \u2062also \u2063sought an\u200b injunction\u200b to\u2063 halt the\u200b implementation \u200dof the \u2062drug-price \u200bregulations.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u200b <\/p>\n<p>J&#038;J&#8217;s\u200d court\u2064 filing increases \u200dthe\u200c likelihood\u2064 of \u2062conflicting legal \u200brulings,\u2063 which\u200c could \u200dlead \u2062the\u200c U.S.\u200b Supreme \u200bCourt to review \u2062the matter.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 pharmaceutical giant \u200cargues that\u200c the\u2064 Medicare\u2062 negotiations violate\u200d the First \u200band Fifth \u2062Amendments of the\u200b U.S.\u2064 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d lawsuit \u2062claims that forcing\u200d the \u200bcompany \u200bto \u200dmake\u2064 statements\u2063 it \u200dbelieves \u200bare\u2063 false and \u200dmisleading, \u200cincluding\u2062 stating that \u200bprices set\u200b under the program are\u200c fair, \u2062is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch\u200b Times\u200d reached \u2063out \u200bto \u200cJohnson \u2064&#038; Johnson \u2064for\u200d comment.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>J&#038;J \u2063Argues That \u200cConstitutional\u2062 Rights Are Being\u2062 Violated\u2064 by\u2064 New \u2064Law<\/h2>\n<p>  \u2063<p\u2064 class=\"text__text__1FZLe\u200c text__dark-grey__3Ml43\u2063 text__regular__2N1Xr\u200b text__small__1kGq2 \u200cbody__full_width__ekUdw \u200dbody__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">Meanwhile, J&#038;J&#8217;s \u200dpharmaceutical unit\u200b Janssen argues that \u200bthe\u200d program \u2064is \u2062unconstitutional and\u2063 amounts \u200cto a\u200d &#8220;confiscation of constitutionally \u200dprotected \u2064property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200b <\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe\u200d text__dark-grey__3Ml43 \u2063text__regular__2N1Xr\u200d text__small__1kGq2 \u200dbody__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">&#8220;The\u200c government\u2064 is \u2064forcing\u200b Janssen\u200c to \u2063provide its \u2064innovative, patented \u200cmedicines\u200d on pricing terms that, by law, \u200bmust be\u2063 significantly\u2062 below <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-joe-biden-asked-china-to-produce-more-oil\/\" title=\"Report: Joe Biden Asked China to Produce More Oil\">market prices<\/a>,&#8221;\u200d the company said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson &amp; Johnson has filed a lawsuit to prevent the U.S. government from allowing Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate cheaper drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. 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