Donald Trump has signed four executive orders designed to lower drug prices as he mocked “rich people” and “so-called allies” he accused of benefitting from inflated medicine costs. “A lot of rich people ... aren’t going to be so rich,” the president said during a Friday afternoon event. He said some company executives and “middle…
President Trump speaks on Friday during an event to sign executive orders on lowering drug prices. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump speaks on Friday during an event to sign executive orders on lowering drug prices. Alex Brandon/AP The Trump Administration has announced four executive orders to lower drug prices, but…
But the ambitious plans are rife with limitations. The rebate order comes with a caveat that any plan cannot increase seniors' premiums, the unworkable problem that led the adminstration to kill its original rebate rule last year. And while Trump called the so-called favored nations rule — linking seniors’ costs for certain physician-administered medicines to…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…