Trump's Greatest Hits: Drug Price Controls As Part Of The Repertoire

22 Mar 2017

President's pledge to merge drug pricing control with a revamp of the Affordable Care Act wins applause at Kentucky rally, where the president reeled through a number of his populist issues, even as the idea makes scant legislative progress.

Legislation establishing prescription drug price controls through a government-run "competitive bidding" process will be included in one of the bills that will repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Donald Trump promised at a rally in Louisville, Ky. March 20.

Trump raised drug pricing at the campaign-style rally as one of his now-familiar populist issues, which also includes revoking the...