Why this didn't happen earlier?

Because the #Pharmaceutical Lobby pulled all the strings possible to avoid it!

“President #Biden signed the #InflationReductionAct of 2022 into law and for the FIRST time, the law provides #Medicare the ability to directly negotiate the prices of certain high expenditure, single source drugs without generic or biosimilar competition”

#eliuis #Jardiance #Xarelto #januvia #PartD
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/fact-sheet-medicare-selected-drug-negotiation-list-ipay-2026.pdf