eAlert Tue, 02/13/2018 - 12:00 56963924-2ae2-4338-8eac-f2cfe4a0cad9

<p>Yesterday, the Trump administration laid out a package of proposals to lower prescription drug costs in the president’s budget for fiscal year 2019. In a new post on <em>To the Point, </em>former U.S. congressman Henry Waxman, Bill Corr, and Kristi Martin explain that as a package, the proposals could help decrease patient costs for drugs and reduce federal spending. However, not all the president’s proposals are designed to lower drug prices. More policies, they say, will be needed to address the drivers of high prescription drug pricing.</p><p>The authors offer a close look at the policy changes and any associated savings, which affect Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs.</p>

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