CBO’s second look at orphan drug provision

The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that a provision in the GOP’s reconciliation bill that widened an exemption for ...

US CBO says orphan drug exmption could add $6 billion more to cost of 'Big Beautiful Bill'

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Monday that new exemptions to drug price negotiations for several blockbuster ...
Fierce Healthcare

Expanded price negotiation exemption for orphan drugs to cost Medicare $8.8B over 10 years: CBO

A provision of the summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act bumping a slew of orphan drugs from Medicare price negotiation is ...
STAT

CBO says revised cost of orphan drug exemptions will add $3.9 billion to Medicare

The Congressional Budget Office says exemptions for orphan drugs as part of Medicare price negotiations will cost taxpayers ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Upcoming CMS drug negotiations to cost US $8.8B: CBO

Recently approved delays and exemptions to the CMS drug price negotiation program are projected to cost $8.8 billion over 10 years, according to ...

CBO says U.S. deficit is smaller than it was — but still big at $1.8 trillion

The U.S. budget deficit was $1.8 trillion for fiscal 2025, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office.

CBO warns US shutdown shutdown could cost $400M daily, 750K employees at risk of furlough

In a letter to Senator Joni Ernst, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided an assessment of the possible effects of ...
STAT

Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA performance, a revised CBO Medicare forecast, and more

FDA drug approvals dropped in the third quarter, more marketing applications were rejected than in previous months, and more ...
HealthLeaders Media

CBO says revised cost of orphan drug exemptions will add $3.9B to Medicare

The Congressional Budget Office has revised its forecast showing the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost taxpayers as much as $8.8 billion — up from earlier estimates of $4.9 billion ...