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Trump signs order aimed at lowering drug prices

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aiming to lower crippling drug prices by giving states more leeway to bargain-hunt abroad and improving the process for price negotiations.

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  1. The Guardian

    Trump signs healthcare order that includes a win for pharma companies (opens The Guardian)

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    Order instructs health department to work with Congress on changing law that allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices

  2. The Hill

    Trump executive order backs change to Medicare negotiation pushed by drug industry (opens The Hill)

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    A new executive order signed Tuesday by President Trump directs Congress to change a key provision of the law allowing Medicare drug price negotiations, a move that would fix one of the drug industry’s biggest complaints.

  3. Wyoming Public Media

    Trump signs executive action to lower drug prices (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    The action is intended to build upon the existing program for Medicare drug price negotiations, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act that passed during the Biden administration.

  4. Fox News

    Soaring Medicare prescription drug prices targeted in Trump's new executive order (opens Fox News)

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    The order instructs the Department of Health and Human Services to standardize Medicare payments for prescription drugs no matter where a patient receives treatment.

  5. Truthout

    Trump Signs Executive Order Delaying Negotiations for Prescription Drug Prices (opens Truthout)

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    One policy advocate described the move as “a total capitulation to the demands of drug corporation lobbyists.”…

  6. The Boston Globe

    Trump targets health care costs with executive order on drug price negotiations, hospital payments (opens The Boston Globe)

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    President Trump unveiled a wide-ranging executive order on Tuesday that aims to lower drug prices, boost transparency into fees charged by middlemen, and limit Medicare payments for outpatient services provided by hospitals.

  7. MedicalXpress

    Trump signs order aimed at lowering drug prices (opens MedicalXpress)

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    US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aiming to lower crippling drug prices by giving states more leeway to bargain-hunt abroad and improving the process for price negotiations.

  8. The Columbian

    Trump signs order aimed at lowering prescription drug prices (opens The Columbian)

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    President Donald Trump wants Congress to change a policy that gives certain drugs longer protection from drug price negotiations in Medicare, a fix that could address one of the drug industry’s top co

  9. Washington Examiner

    Trump signs executive order to lower drug prices (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order into law that aims to provide access to prescription drugs at lower costs to American patients.

  10. CNN

    Trump signs directive on lowering drug prices even as he seeks tariffs on pharmaceuticals (opens CNN)

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    In his first major action on health care costs this term, President Donald Trump issued a multi-part executive order on Tuesday aimed at lowering drug prices and reducing costs for Medicare. The move comes as his administration seeks to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports that many experts have…

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