The latest: Trump says that the proposal will lower the prices of medicines in the United States
The latest: Trump says that the proposal will lower the prices of medicines in the United States
The latest on the president Donald TrumpAnnouncement about the cost of prescription medications (all local times):
2:30 pm.
President Donald Trump says he is taking steps to lower the prices of prescription drugs.
Trump said Thursday that for decades other countries have manipulated the system for Americans to pay more. He says that Americans are now going to pay the prices that other countries pay.
According to a proposal announced by the Department of Health and Human Services, the payment of certain drugs administered in doctors' offices would move to a level based on international prices.
The department says that the overall savings for EE programs. UU As Medicare and for patients, they would add up to a total of $ 17.2 billion in five years.
The proposal is structured as an experiment and would apply to half the country.
The drug manufacturers will surely reject it, arguing that it would be equivalent to adopting price controls.
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10:50 a.m.
Less than two weeks before the mid-term elections, President Donald Trump plans to make an announcement about the cost of prescription drugs.
Medical care is high among the concerns of voters in the election year. Trump has promised radical actions to attack drug prices, both as president and when running for the White House.
Management actions have yet to show a large impact on the cost of prescription drugs.
Trump was visiting the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday for what was being billed as a major announcement.
Prior to that visit, the department published a report that found that the prices of the main drugs administered in the US clinics. UU They are almost double that in other countries. Many are anti-cancer drugs that Medicare pays directly.
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