Lexology January 24, 2025
How payers, providers, and life sciences companies can navigate negotiations as the fates of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) drug pricing rules, the 340B program, and Medicare Advantage hang in the balance
On October 1, 2013, Healthcare.gov officially came online as part of the Affordable Care Act’s long-awaited rollout… and went down within two hours of launch. That first day, six total users signed up for health insurance on the new site.
This initial failure—not to mention the time it took for payers to effectively price insurance in the new market—exemplifies the implementation challenges policymakers and industry can face when a healthcare law transitions from words on a page to a complex reality.
In 2025, new regulations will be put...