Trump Aligned Think Tank Wants Drug Price Reductions
America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a conservative think tank friendly with Donald Trump, says the administration should bring back Trump 45’s international reference pricing policy for drugs across federal health programs and in the commercial market. So far, the Trump administration has firmly backed the Medicare drug price law.
The think tank says there are many ways the pricing could be implemented, including via the drug law. The push for commercial application is watershed. AFPI also recommends the Trump administration restrict drug makers’ ability to charge lower prices internationally than in America and use its trade negotiation power to press countries to stop using so-called “freeloading” policies.
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#drugpricing #trump #ira #branddrugmakers
Surprise Nomination For CDC Director
In a surprise, Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez is currently acting director at the CDC. Before that, she was deputy director of ARPA-H, a federal agency created during the Biden administration that set out to fund innovative biomedical research. It was thought that former Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D., was the leading contender for the post.
Additional articles: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/white-house-nominating-susan-monarez-cdc-director-reports and https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-policy/trump-cdc-susan-monarez and https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/114796 and https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/president-trump-nominates-cdc-director-4-things-to-know/
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#trump #healthcare #cdc #hhs
J & J To Invest More In America
Post a meeting a few weeks back with Donald Trump, Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that it will invest $55 billion in U.S. manufacturing, research and development, and technology over the next four years. This is a 25% increase compared with the past four years.
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#branddrugmakers #drugpricing #trump
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/digital-health/johnson-johnson-us-manufacturing
Part D Membership Ranked
Becker’s ranks enrollment in the standalone Part D program. Centene leads the nation.
#partd #pdp #medicare #cms
https://www.beckerspayer.com/uncategorized/payers-ranked-by-part-d-membership-2025
KFF Primers On Potential Cuts
As Congress readies to make major cuts to the federal budget, healthcare policy group KFF has issued a briefer on how Medicare pays physicians as well the potential Medicaid cuts on state budgets. Medicare docs are badly in need of a permanent fix and reversal of a 2.8% reduction for 2025.
Additional article: https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/what-to-know-about-how-medicare-pays-physicians/
#physicians #medicare #medicaid #budgetreconciliation
— Marc S. Ryan
