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Harris Correct That Trump Fell Short on Promise to Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices

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Vice President Kamala Harris says she and former President Donald Trump sparred over drug price negotiations.

Trump repeatedly promised to negotiate drug prices during the 2016 presidential campaign.

He never enacted such a policy in office.

Experts say the effect of Trump 's moves fell far short of the expected effect of the Medicare drug price negotiation.

Donald Trump promised to let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices with drug companies.

A federal judge stayed the plan in December 2020 ; the Biden administration scrapped it in 2022 .

Experts say the most favored nation model wouldn't have saved more than $85 billion .

The next president will have the opportunity to steer Medicare 's prescription drug price negotiation process.

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