Most Americans believe that the prices of brand-name prescription drugs have become unreasonable, and their dismay is leading to wide support for government action to keep costs down, including letting Medicare negotiate prices with drug companies, according to a new poll by STAT and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The poll found strong support across party lines for the Medicare negotiations idea, which is a centerpiece of all of the Democratic presidential candidates’ proposals to contain drug costs. CONT.
David Nather, STAT