The Biden administration's decision last week to continue restricting Medicare coverage for a class of Alzheimer's drugs has angered some Republicans. It renewed a thorny debate over when seniors should have access to new treatments.
and said it would maintain the restrictions and only pay for the class of drugs in specific settings.
"The Biden Administration's move to restrict coverage for novel Alzheimer's drugs will chill innovation in developing new medicines and treatments for patients facing life-threatening illnesses," they added. State Medicaid plans and commercial payers' policies for covering the approximately $28,200-a-year drug vary significantly, according toby researchers from Tufts Medical Center that was funded by the Alzheimer's Association.
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