Inside Drug Pricing - 08/12/2019

Conway: Foreign Drug-Price Index Scheme Wrapped Into Health Plan

By John Wilkerson / August 7, 2019 at 5:20 PM
The president’s plan to index drug prices to those in foreign countries will be part of a broader health care plan that the White House plans to announce in September, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway signaled Wednesday (Aug. 7). It's not clear whether the drug-pricing plan is the International Pricing Index the administration informally proposed last year or an upcoming executive order that Trump recently said would ensure the United States pays no more for drugs than paid by foreign...


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