Trump, Weigh In and drug prices
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Under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, the HHS secretary negotiates directly with manufacturers on the prices Medicare will pay for pharmaceuticals.
In signing an executive order aimed at reducing U.S. drug prices, President Donald Trump said some prices would be cut in half or more "almost immediately." But the order is light on details of how the plan would be implemented.
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President Donald Trump incorrectly placed the blame for high prescription drug prices in the U.S. on foreign nations, making the comments Monday when signing an executive order intended to lower
UnitedHealth Group will stop compensative brokers and sales agents who sell new Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
Delaying Medicare’s ability to negotiate prices on small-molecule drugs until 13 years after FDA approval will decrease the amount of Medicare spending subject to price negotiation by billions of dollars annually.
When Congress adopted the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, creating the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP), the bill did
The president signed an executive order that gives Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 30 days to lower drug prices.
It’s unclear what — if any — impact the Republican president’s executive order will have on millions of Americans who have private health insurance.
CMS draft expands drug price talks to include Medicare Part B drugs and outlines steps for future renegotiations; public comments due by June 26.
Senate Democrats and the Biden administration dropped plans to set drug price caps based on the amount paid in other high-income countries, during talks years ago to push through the law that empowered Medicare to negotiate down the cost of prescription medications.