TRUMP AGENDA - Drug Pricing Plan

"Will Trump’s drug prices plan make a difference for patients?" PBS NewsHour 5/11/2018

NO.  It's missing key ingredients.  Like allowing Medicare to negotiate pricing, or allowing Americans to buy drugs from Canada.

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SUMMARY:  President Trump revealed his blueprint to lower prescription drug prices as he railed against the pharmaceutical industry for making them unaffordable.  Under his plan, "American Patients First," Trump proposes making it easier for generic drugs to enter the market and requiring drug makers to list prices in advertising.  John Yang gets reaction from David Mitchell of Patients for Affordable Drugs.

AMERICA ADDICTED - Governors, Solution to Opioid Epidemic

"To solve opioid epidemic, governors say there need to be federal dollars behind pledges" PBS NewsHour 3/12/2018

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SUMMARY:  The governors of Maryland and Oregon are making an urgent call for greater federal help to deal with the opioid epidemic in their hard-hit states.  Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md) and Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore) sit down with William Brangham to discuss the problems in their states, what works and what they need to end the suffering.