Washington, May 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a major expansion of his administration’s prescription drug discount platform, claiming Americans would now have access to hundreds of additional low-cost medicines through the government-backed website TrumpRX.gov.At a healthcare affordability event at the White House, Trump said the number of medicines available on the platform would increase nearly seven-fold, with more than 600 generic drugs being added in partnership …
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Washington, May 14 (IANS) Vice President J.D. Vance announced a sweeping crackdown on alleged Medicaid and Medicare fraud, accusing several Democratic-led states — particularly California, New York and Hawaii — of failing to police abuse in federally funded healthcare programmes.Speaking at the White House alongside officials leading the administration’s anti-fraud initiative on Wednesday (local time), Vance said the federal government would defer $1.34 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to …
Washington, May 11 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Monday rejected Iran’s latest nuclear proposal as “a piece of garbage” and said the ceasefire was “on massive life support” during a White House event on maternal healthcare and fertility access. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House after unveiling new fertility and childcare initiatives, Trump said Tehran’s latest response in nuclear negotiations was “just unacceptable.”“It is a stupid proposal,” he s…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced sweeping agreements with major pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug costs, calling it “the biggest cut in drug prices in the history of our country.”Speaking at the White House, Trump said one of the leading firms, Regeneron, had agreed to offer medicines at “most favoured nation prices,” adding that “the numbers will come down at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.”“With this announcement, 17 of th…
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted a revised US childhood immunization schedule that reduces the number of vaccines recommended for all children, following a federal review comparing American practices with those of other developed nations, a move President Donald Trump described as a major overhaul of public health policy.The change was formalized through a decision memorandum signed by Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill. “The data support a more fo…