President Donald Trump seeks to combat the high prices of prescribed medications in a new executive order signed on Tuesday.
The order indicates that the Department of Human Health and Services of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (DHS) to standardize Medicare payments for prescription medications, including those used for cancer patients, regardless of where a patient receives treatment. This could reduce prices for patients by up to 60%, according to an informative sheet of the White House.
Similarly, the order also calls to coincide with the payment of Medicare for certain medications prescribed at the price that hospitals pay for these medications, up to 35% lower than the government pays to acquire medicines, said the White House.
The order also takes measures to reduce insulin prices. Specifically, the order requires low insulin prices for low -income patients or those who do not have only three cents, and the injectable epinephrine to treat allergic reactions as low as $ 15, which considers a bit American ñigado.
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The order indicates that the Department of Human Health and Services (DHS) by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (DHS) to standardize Medicare payments for prescription medications. (Istock/Getty)
In addition, the order tries to reduce the prices of the medications of the states by “facilitating the import programs that could save the millions in the prices of the prescription drugs”, as well as to reinforce the programs that help the states that help, the facts ensure agreements on medicines for diseases for diseases
The order also requires that the DHS seek comments on the Medicare medication price negotiation program, which the Biden administration authorized under the inflation reduction law and allows Medicare to participate directly in the hashing prices with the pharmaceutical companies.
“The guide will improve the transparency of the Medicare medication price negotiation program, will prioritize the selection of medical medications with high costs for the Medicare program and minimize any negative impact of the maximum fair price on pharmaceutical innovation within the United States,” the order said.
The prices of medications have been significant in recent years. Between January 2022 and January 2023, the prose of prescribed medications of more than 15% and reached an average of $ 590 per medicine, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Of the 4,200 prescription medications included in that list, 46% of price increases exist the inflation rate.
Previous efforts under the first Trump administration to stop the prices of prescription medications included the installation of a limit in medicalid medication plans for insulin at $ 35.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is received by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on stage during a campaign event at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, 2024. (Tom Brenner for Washington Post through Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Trump 145% tariffs on Chinese imports to the United States could mean that medical care costs are particularly susceptible to price increases. Market Research Group Black Book Research found that 84% of experts predict that medical treatments and medicines will increase due to rates, according to a survey published in February.
In addition, Trump pointed out on Monday that tariffs on pharmaceuticals were directed by the pipe.
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“We no longer do our own drugs,” Trump told journalists on Monday. “Pharmaceutical companies are in Ireland, and are in many other places, China.”
Trump signed the executive order on Tuesday, along with others that seek to prevent illegal immigrants from accessing the benefits of Social Security, and another call to investigate the impact of imported minerals on national security.
Tuesday’s executive order occurs days after the Medicare and Medicaid service centers of the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicare and Medicaid services told the Thorsday states that the Federal Government would stop attending states to finance non -medical services, Towide things.
Alec Schemmel of Fox News contributed to this report.