Regarding the May 12 news article “Trump introduces plan to lower drug costs”:Americans pay the highest prices for drugs in the world. I’m told by friends who are patent attorneys that we are the only country that doesn’t negotiate drug prices. The most obvious quick change would be to allow Medicare to negotiate for its customers. A better change would be to have the Food and Drug Administration or another body negotiate prices. It has been 15 years since then-President George W. Bush enacted Medicare Part D, which said that Medicare could not negotiate drug prices.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2018 21:33 UTC