{"id":2677,"date":"2018-06-04T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/04\/trumps-plan-to-lower-drug-prices-could-actually-increase-costs\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:32:00","slug":"trumps-plan-to-lower-drug-prices-could-actually-increase-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-plan-to-lower-drug-prices-could-actually-increase-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Plan To Lower Drug Prices Could Actually Increase Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Experts warn that instead of lowering drug prices, Trump’s plan could actually significantly increase out-of-pocket costs for some of the sickest people on Medicare.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a><\/span>: Trump Plan to Lower Drug Prices Could Increase Costs for Some Patients<\/p>\n

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By Robert Pear<\/span><\/p>\n

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When President Trump unveiled his plan to lower prescription drug prices in a Rose Garden speech last month, he said he would inject more competition into the market by bolstering negotiating powers under Medicare. But experts analyzing the plan warn of a possible side effect: The proposal could significantly increase out-of-pocket costs for some of the sickest people on Medicare.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the heart of the president’s plan is a proposal to switch some expensive drugs from one part of Medicare to another part — moving them from Part B, the medical benefit created in the original 1965 Medicare law, to Part D, the outpatient drug benefit added by Congress in 2003.<\/p>\n

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