Merck sues feds to stop Medicare drug price negotiations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Merck's lawsuit argues that under the law, drugmakers would be forced to negotiate prices for drugs in the government's Medicare healthcare insurance program at below market rates, which is in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
50% : Merck also argues the law will force companies to sign agreements conceding the prices are fair, which it says violates the First Amendment.
48% : The Fifth Amendment requires the government to pay just compensation for private property taken for public use.

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