"Medicaid gets much deeper discounts on many prescription drugs than Medicare,
in part because Medicaid discounts are set by law whereas Medicare
prices are negotiated by private insurers and drug companies, federal
investigators said Monday in a new report" That's the report from the NYTimes. "The report, from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services,
could be used by lawmakers trying to cut drug prices as Congress looks
for ways to rein in the cost of Medicare under the new deficit-reduction
law." Read more. The question: How will this new information influence payments for eye products?
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