
Readers and Listeners Ask About Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing And The GOP’s Healthcare Vision
I wanted to give you two quick mini blogs today on recent topics after a number of inquiries from my blog readers and podcast listeners. They revolve around President Donald Trump’s proposal for most-favored-nation drug pricing and what is the GOP’s vision on healthcare. So, let’s get to the questions: 1 – One reader/listener asked: “How can Donald Trump really implement his most-favored-nation (MFN) drug policies?” As I have alluded to in a number of blogs and podcasts, it is unknown whether the president alone really has the ability to radically change drug prices in Medicare, and it is even more of a question for the commercial and employer world. We have a national rebate program with a state supplemental rebate program in Medicaid. The posture of courts, especially in light of the Chevron decision last year, would seem to point to the likelihood that the Supreme Court might find