The Build Back Better Act's drug inflation rebate provision would reduce premiums by $3 billion (0.4%) in 2023 and $21 billion (1.7%) in 2031. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A new analysis estimates that introducing inflation rebates on most prescription drugs — a provision of the Build Back Better Act, which was passed in November by the U.S. House of Representatives — would lower employers' health insurance premiums by $111 billion over the next decade.
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