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Screenshot. President Donald Trump on Jan. 15, 2026 urged Congress to pass what the White House is calling the "Great Healthcare Plan". Source: Whitehouse.gov
By Newsmax Wires, Newsmax, January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Congress to pass what the White House is calling the “Great Healthcare Plan,” a sweeping proposal aimed at lowering healthcare costs, reducing prescription drug prices, and cutting insurance premiums.
At the center of the plan is Trump’s long-standing push to lower drug prices by ensuring Americans pay no more than patients in other developed countries.
The proposal would codify Trump’s most-favored-nation pricing policy, building on actions taken during his first term to lower insulin costs and on recent executive orders that led to voluntary price-cutting agreements with pharmaceutical companies.
“This proposal locks in the massive discount on prescription drugs that my administration is achieving through our most-favored-nations drug pricing agreement,” Trump said in the release. “It’ll bring down drug prices 80, 90% in some cases.” …
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