What the Inflation Reduction Act Really Means for Health Care

The Dose

Among other things, the Inflation Reduction Act is being hailed as a potential breakthrough in making health care more affordable. But what does this landmark legislation, enacted last month, really mean for Americans – now and in the future?

To open the new season of The Dose, host Shanoor Seervai interviews Stacie Dusetzina, an associate professor in health policy and cancer research at Vanderbilt University. Dusetzina breaks down the key health provisions of the new law, from drug price negotiation in Medicare to the redesign of Part D coverage.

We’ve “repeatedly been burned by the health care system… [so] we're all suspicious when something sounds really too good to be true,” she says. “The changes here for people who have very expensive drugs are almost too good to be true.”