They also expect Trump to sharply criticize foreign governments for paying less than the United States for prescription drugs. The president has already abandoned ideas to lower drug prices that he supported during the 2016 election campaign, including allowing the government’s Medicare plan for older Americans to negotiate prices directly with drugmakers. Drugmakers argue that high prices for prescription medicines are necessary to fund development of much-needed innovative new treatments. Trump has yet to take significant action on drug prices while in office, and a once-promised executive order on pricing never materialized. “Outrageous prescription drug prices are just another example of how President Trump is failing to deliver on his promises to the American people,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday.

Source: Huffington Post May 11, 2018 00:33 UTC