Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
Trump to unveil drug price index in September health are speech
8 August 2019 - The president seeks to compete with Democratic proposals.
President Donald Trump plans to introduce an “elaborate” plan to overhaul the nation’s health-care system in a major September speech, White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday.
The plan is expected to include proposals to reduce drug prices -- including a long-promised order requiring Medicare to create an “international pricing index” to match drug prices to what other nations pay -- as well as a policy to protect sick people from discrimination by private health insurers and new programs to assist those without insurance, Conway said.
