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Getting serious

How HHS Secretary Azar is creating political space for long-term drug pricing changes

July 21, 2018 2:33 AM UTC

HHS Secretary Alex Azar isn’t waiting for the ink to dry on the department’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs, or for his staff to digest tens of thousands of pages of comments on the plan.

Azar is putting a set of policies into place that chip away at drug costs in the short-term, and generating headlines that create political space for longer-term policies. ...