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WASHINGTON — New documents obtained by STAT outline how Medicare is planning to build out a sizable new bureaucratic infrastructure to handle its new power to negotiate drug prices and penalize drugmakers for price hikes.

In materials sent to lawmakers earlier this month, CMS proposes establishing a Medicare Drug Rebate and Negotiations Group with six divisions:

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