{"id":9309,"date":"2025-12-23T23:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/trump-most-favored-nation-drug-prices-medicare-dc-diagnosis-newsletter\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:02:23","slug":"trump-most-favored-nation-drug-prices-medicare-dc-diagnosis-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/trump-most-favored-nation-drug-prices-medicare-dc-diagnosis-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: Trump moves to require lower drug prices in Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trump\u2019s favorite drug pricing policy<\/h2>\n

Since his first term, Trump has promised to lower U.S. drug prices to levels charged in other rich countries. On Friday, the administration announced<\/a> most-favored nation deals with nine more drugmakers. Then CMS proposed two mandatory MFN pilot programs<\/a> in Medicare.<\/p>\n

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