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Podcast #7. Great Disappointment: Some Policymakers Ignore Basic Economics in Drafting Prescription Drug Pricing Policies
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Podcast #7. Great Disappointment: Some Policymakers Ignore Basic Economics in Drafting Prescription Drug Pricing Policies

Medicare drug price negotiation, if implemented, would reduce investment in innovation, especially in drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.

In this episode, we discuss why some policymakers ignore basic economic principles in crafting prescription drug pricing policies. Medicare drug price negotiation, if implemented, would reduce investment in innovation, especially in drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.

00:00 Introduction

02:05 How R&D investment decisions are made

03:35 What academic research says

05:08 Summary

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