The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling to dismiss a challenge to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program brought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, finding once again that the parties involved did not have standing to sue.

Almost exactly one year ago, a federal judge dismissed the Chamber's lawsuit challenging the Medicare negotiation program established through the Inflation Reduction Act.

The judge found that the other plaintiffs included in the suit — the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce — lacked standing to sue on behalf of their members, though it said the U.S. Chamber had standing on its own if it filed a new suit in a new venue.

The appeals court largely agreed with the

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