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Playing The Trump Card On Rx Pricing

 
• By Nielsen Hobbs

Obamacare repeal has been replaced by rebrand as Trump administration plans to use ACA’s Medicare demonstration powers to send discount cards to seniors, one of a slew of health care announcements that include Rx importation, pre-existing conditions, insulin and EpiPens.

The White House close-up, Washington, USA

The Trump administration offered a slew of health care announcements on 24 September, ranging from the (arguably) good for pharma, to the bad and the ugly.

To start with the splashiest, seniors will be getting some relief from their out-of-pocket drug cost, in the form of...

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