Much Of Trump’s Plan Puts Onus On Patients To Get Cheaper Drugs

Many of the policies in the president’s drug price plan put the onus on patients to get cheaper drugs: such as including prices in drug ads, giving patients information on competing drug prices during office visits, posting drug prices on Medicare’s “dashboard” website and banning gag orders that stop pharmacists from telling customers when it is cheaper to buy drugs without insurance. Other immediate actions weaken patient protections in Part D by letting plans limit coverage to one drug in...