<story><title>Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/politics/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-lawsuits.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jmclnx</author><text>&amp;gt;Supreme Court might be sympathetic to some of the industry’s arguments&lt;p&gt;No surprise here, the US Supreme Court is now just like the rest of the US Gov, they are very happy to take bribes.  And due to how the US Gov is structured, no way to stop them from holding out their hand.  So getting appointed to that Court is a great gig, you do not even have to care about the law these days.</text></comment>
<story><title>Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/politics/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-lawsuits.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Justsignedup</author><text>An industry that heavily lobbied for a law which heavily boosts their profits wants to heavily lobby against the destruction of such a law? Shocked. &amp;#x2F;s&lt;p&gt;Honestly I see no theoretical benefit to not allowing the government to negotiate. Maybe there is a practical one?</text></comment>