Commentary|Articles|July 6, 2026
Medicare is pushing lifesaving drugs out of physician offices — and older patients will suffer
Author(s)Greg Murphy, M.D., Adam Gray
Fact checked by: Richard Payerchin, Tracy Politowicz
Lowering drug costs for older adults is a laudable goal, but don’t do it by blocking physician access to needed medicines.
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Recent changes to Medicare drug pricing policy were enacted with a laudable goal: to lower costs for older adults. On a bipartisan basis, we share that goal. Medicare patients should have access to the treatments they need without facing unaffordable bills and bankruptcy. But as is often the case with complex legislation, there are unintended consequences that Congress must address quickly.
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