Vox August 30, 2023
By Dylan Scott

Patients stand to save a lot of money.

Dylan Scott covers health care for Vox. He has reported on health policy for more than 10 years, writing for Governing magazine, Talking Points Memo and STAT before joining Vox in 2017.

More than a decade after Democrats first ran on the proposal, Medicare is finally set to start negotiating prices for certain prescription drugs.

This week, the federal government announced the 10 medications that would be included in the first round of negotiations. New prices would take effect in 2026.

The 10 drugs on the list are a diverse set. Some are taken by millions of people with price tags in the low thousands...

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