Claim: Says Democrats first proposed prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D and he "had nothing to do with" that provision in the law.
Fact-check: Tommy Thompson says he "had nothing to do with" provision barring U.S. from negotiating Medicare prescription drug prices 
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2012-10-30T00:00:00