Judge Finds Medicare Act Precludes Drug Pricing Suit, Court Lacks Jurisdiction

(February 29, 2024, 10:04 AM EST) -- SAN ANTONIO — The Medicare Act precludes a constitutional challenge to recent legislation permitting negotiation over the price the government pays for certain drugs, and dismissal of the lone defendant over which the court had jurisdiction leaves requires dismissal of the remaining two, a federal judge in Texas said in dismissing the case....