President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order to cut prescription drug prices by mandating that the US pays the same price for drugs as whichever country pays the lowest price in the world.
He said in a social media post that that he would sign the order at 9 am Monday, Washington time. He predicted pharmaceutical prices could drop 30% to 80%.
Trump’s Truth Social post didn’t detail how the order would work. He also didn’t specify potential limits on the policy, such as if it would apply only to government programs like Medicare or Medicaid, or if the White House sees a way to apply this more broadly.
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