Regardless of Political Party, Americans Overwhelmingly Support Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
September 30, 2024A new West Health-Gallup poll shows 83% of the U.S. population favors Medicare being allowed to negotiate with drug companies to lower prescription drug prices for its recipients.
As the pharmaceutical industry ramps up efforts to fight the U.S. government’s historic Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, a new West Health-Gallup public opinion survey shows overwhelming bipartisan support for the program, which is forecast to save $100 billion in its first decade.
“No matter who they vote for, Americans are suffering from the high costs of prescription drugs,” says Tim Lash, president of West Health, a family of nonprofit organizations focused on reducing healthcare costs and improving quality of care. “The public’s overwhelming support for this policy, even as we head into a presidential election, makes one thing exceedingly clear: people know unfair, anticompetitive behavior when they see it and they want it to stop.”