Year: 2022
Resolution Number: 24
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: In Progress
Author(s): Warren Lanphear, MD
Sponsor: David Whalen, MD, MPA
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to strengthen its advocacy for federal legislation to permit Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies in order to lower the high cost of prescription drugs for this population; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for the lowering of Medicare prescription drug pricing to Michigan’s federal lawmakers; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) work with the Great Lakes States Coalition to write a letter to the AMA Board of Trustees to make the lowering of Medicare prescription drug pricing one of its top legislative priorities.
RESOLVED: That Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to strengthen its advocacy for federal legislation to permit Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies in order to lower the high cost of prescription drugs for this population; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for the lowering of Medicare prescription drug pricing to Michigan’s federal lawmakers; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) work with the Great Lakes States Coalition to write a letter to the AMA Board of Trustees to make the lowering of Medicare prescription drug pricing one of its top legislative priorities.
Fiscal Note:
Resolution: View PDF for Medicare Prescription Drug Pricing
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