The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week submitted to the White House its proposal for an international pricing index, The Hill reports.
Officials say the price benchmarking tool could help cut the prices of some drugs covered by Medicare.
“We’re going to end that foreign free-riding, we’re going to stop having America’s seniors propping up the socialist systems abroad at their expense, and we’re continuing to act,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar said during an interview on Fox Business.
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