WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday released a hodgepodge of health care policies that would create new price-control power over pharmaceutical companies, but that otherwise wouldn’t fundamentally overhaul America’s existing system, as he faces mounting pressure to address the cost of insurance and care.
The proposal, which Trump dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” would not reshape the structure of Medicare, Medicaid, or the health insurance plans people get through their jobs. Hospitals and doctors would not cede pricing power.Â
The most consequential provisions could be proposals to extend lower international drug prices to all Americans, make more prescription drugs available over the counter, and send at least some health insurance subsidies directly to enrollees. But many of those moves would require action from Congress.Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…