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Scott Gottlieb: “He tried to do this through a regulation in the first term…”

Featuring: Scott Gottlieb, Conservative | Former FDA Commissioner | National

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Pres. Trump's push to lower drug prices 'is a good starting point', says Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Published | Video Starts at 00:53

This sense that there is unfairness between the United States and our Western allies, mostly in Europe, who are paying much less for pharmaceuticals in the U.S. i think it's a fundamental issue of fairness for him. He tried to do this through a regulation in the first term, through a demonstration project at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that was struck down. In the second term he's begun to try to do that again. I think this may be an indication that they're having difficulty coming up with a regulatory framework that's going to pass judicial review. (00:53–01:01)

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