Medicare Voluntary, Drug Price Law Survives Summary Judgment, Judge Says

(May 1, 2024, 11:42 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Because participation in Medicare is wholly voluntary, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requirement that drug manufacturers negotiate the prices of certain drugs is not an unconstitutional taking and does not compel speech in violation of First Amendment rights, a federal judge in New Jersey said in an unpublished opinion....