The Trump Administration is relying mainly on administrative action to advance its prescription drug pricing agenda because it has not received much help from Congress, but the limitations of that approach are beginning to show.
US Drug Pricing Reforms Testing Limits Of Executive Action
Congressional inaction on drug pricing legislation has meant the Trump Administration is pursuing a menu of regulatory approaches. For the most part, that means slower and incremental change.

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