This story was reported by [link:http://www.fairwarning.org/|FairWarning], a nonprofit news organization based in Pasadena, CA, focusing on public health, safety, and environmental issues. Deborah Schoch, a freelance health and science writer, and Douglas H. Weber, a senior researcher for the Center for Responsive Politics, contributed to this story.
The Medicare law forbids the government from using its sizeable bargaining power to negotiate drug prices. Lobbying by the drug industry keeps that law in ...