NEJM Commentary Discusses Democrats' Agenda; Report Examines Prescription Drug Supply Chain; Health Spending Among Higher-Income Countries Analyzed

Health Care on the Hill -- Democrats Set the Agenda," New England Journal of Medicine: The commentary by John Iglehart, an NEJM national correspondent, discusses Democrats' "ambitious policy agenda" and the likely challenges lawmakers will face in pushing for legislation to allow federally negotiated discounts for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, overturn larger payments to Medicare Advantage plans and expand children's health insurance programs (Iglehart, NEJM, 1/4).

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