Comments on the Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs (GUARD) Model

The MAPRx coalition has championed policies in Part D that improve the affordability of medications and beneficiary access to those medications, including provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that establish an out-of-pocket cap in Part D and the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. MAPRx strongly opposes the GUARD Model and urges CMS to abandon this proposal and withdraw the model. Read full comments for more.