AARP applauds Trump for taking first steps to lowering - drug prices. Posted: May 17th, 2018 - 5:21 am
he nation’s largest non-profit advocate for people over 50 is praising the Trump Administration’s first steps to bring down the costs of prescription drugs.
Leigh Purvis, Director of Health Service Research in the AARP Public Policy Institute said “American Patients First: The Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs,” released May 11 by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), is a positive first step to controlling drug costs for everyone, but particularly the elderly. “This is clearly something that President Trump mentioned during the campaign that was something that was resonating with him. We welcome it. And to the extent that it gets to the root price of prescriptions, that’s wonderful.”
The AARP released a response to the president’s speech on prescription drug prices, advocating that solutions must be found to address drug prices set by pharmaceutical companies....
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