MedCity News January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump unveiled the Great Healthcare Plan to lower drug costs and insurance premiums, but healthcare executives say the proposal lacks sufficient detail to assess whether it would meaningfully reduce costs.
President Donald Trump released a plan on Thursday to lower drug costs and insurance premiums, though some healthcare leaders say it remains unclear how it would achieve those goals.
The plan, titled the Great Healthcare Plan, calls for codifying the Most-Favored-Nation deals, which aim to bring American drug prices in line with similar nations.
Trump also proposed to stop “sending big insurance companies billions in extra taxpayer-funded subsidy payments” and instead send the money directly to eligible Americans through their health savings account so they can purchase their...
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