In August 2023, CMS published its first list of products no longer subject to this restriction after the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 introduced an exception to it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this costly restriction that was first introduced by the “non-interference clause” of a “modernization Act” passed in 2003. Description acceptable.
ANSWER: Medicare cannot negotiate drug prices [accept prescriptions or medications in place of “drugs”; accept answers indicating that Medicare cannot change price agreements regarding drugs; prompt on negotiation by asking “negotiation of what?”; prompt on price negotiation by asking “negotiating the price of what?”]
[10m] The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 blocked Medicare from negotiating drug prices while introducing this prescription benefit program for seniors.
ANSWER: Medicare Part D [prompt on Medicare]
[10e] This president’s failed attempt at health care reform would have included a prescription benefit. His administration worked with House Republicans led by Newt Gingrich to pass welfare reform.
ANSWER: Bill Clinton
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