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What Happened to Trump's Drug-Price Promises?
An administration official's Senate testimony fails to reassure that relief is coming anytime soon.
Promises, promises.
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Two weeks means 14 days to most of us. But it’s now been a month since President Donald Trump promised “voluntary massive drops in prices” from drug companies in two weeks — and there’s been no sign of them.
Presidential statements that diverge from reality are now commonplace. But drug pricing has been a Trump focus, and the subject of a hyped policy plan released last month. That makes the lack of progress particularly glaring.