HHS seeks to toss drug pricing suit on IRA anniversary

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On the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration is defending its authority to negotiate drug prices through Medicare as the Department of Health and Human Services filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenging HHS new price-setting powers under the IRA. Host Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with Lauren Gardner about the legal challenges facing the administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs.