Dr. Jay Bathakaria, National Director of Health, discusses President Donald Trump's actions to reduce drug prices and his priorities for the agency.
On Wednesday, Mark Cuban Billionaire Entrepreneur Expressing President Support Donald Trump Despite his long -standing opposition to many of the president's policies, an executive order on health care and drug pricing.
The star of the “shark tank” Mark CubanWhich, as a public profit company in 2022, founded a pharmaceutical company plus drugs, said that the Trump administration's executive order released early in the week could save considerable drug costs.
Cuban wrote in a post in X: “Be honest. Realdonaldtrump EO in health care, and in particular, drug pricing can save hundreds of billions of dollars.”
He said six policies that think that by changing the way medicines, managers of pharmacy (PBM) and pharmacies to save money on consumers in their drugs will lead to this savings.
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The entrepreneur of Mark Cuban praised President Donald Trump's health care order and called for further drug reform. (Steven Fredman / Gitti Pictures / Giti Pictures)
Cuban said the divorce of formulas from PBMS and the need for independent and economic motivation from the formula to develop them will complete discounts and make pure pricing possible. Prescribed drugsHuman
He also said that PBMs should submit claim data to employers, states and manufacturers, as they wanted Save manufacturers From paying them and allowing them to reduce retail prices.
Cuban called for an end to the specialized line of medicines and the need to buy from a pharmacy and said, “There is nothing special about specific drugs” and this determination is mainly used for “price raising”.
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Cuba has criticized Trump for the first time in 2016 for president. (Andy Manis / Getty Images / Getty Images)
In addition, Cuban stated that all pharmacies should be fully repaid for brand drugs and the public cost ratio should be eliminated because “allows distributors to raise jack Pricing in generals By threatening charges and other items. “
Other policies that Cuban defended were the elimination of confidentiality classes that prevent companies from talking to manufacturers, which will lead to better prices and health programs for patients, as well as ending biosimillar replacement calls to ensure consumers with the least cost without PBMS.
“Put me in the coach”, Post Cuba concluded, “I'm here to help.”
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Trump's order calls for regulatory reforms in the health and pharmaceutical industries. (Getty Images / Getty Images)
The executive order of the Trump administration ordered federal agencies to provide a variety of regulations and reports on health and prescription drugs, including appeal. Drug prices negotiation Medicare Part D.
It is also to formulate regulations aimed at reducing the price of high -cost drugs for The elderly under medicalIncluding drugs that are not part of the price negotiation program. Revised in medicaid drug payment plan; And preparing life -saving drugs such as insulin or injectable epinephrine.
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Implementing guidelines call for a re -report of the role of intermediaries in the drug value chain to raise competition and lower prices for drugs, to compete with high -prescribed drugs, and increasing imports of medications prescribed to lower prices.