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11/09/16 8:36 AM

#205857 RE: biotech_researcher #205853

Re: Election /drug prices /Prop 61 failure

Drug prices will likely remain a hot political issue for some time (because something really must be done), but the short-term consequences of the political machinations for drug/biotechs investors are apt to be small, IMO.

Some investors don't realize that Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans already negotiate drug prices with vendors—only Medicare Part B drugs used by patients enrolled in traditional government Medicare are immune from price negotiation under current law.