HHS pilots seek to complement IRA in lowering drug costs

The Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected three new models for testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Center to help lower the high cost of medicines in the USA.

Xavier Becerra released a report describing these three models to respond to President Joe Biden’s executive order on lowering prescription drug costs for Americans.

"President Biden has made clear, we must build on the new prescription drug law with further action"Mr Becerra said: “HHS is using every tool available to us to lower health care costs and increase access to high-quality, affordable health care.