{"id":58395,"date":"2025-08-04T19:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/58395\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T19:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:38:09","slug":"health-care-inc-maga-backs-medicare-faux-drug-price-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/58395\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Inc.: MAGA backs Medicare, faux drug price transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers \u2014 reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter<\/a>. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.<\/p>\n

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The faux transparency of drug prices<\/p>\n

The entire pharmaceutical industry faced a moment of reckoning in 2017, right after President Trump was elected the first time and said drug companies were \u201cgetting away with murder\u201d over their high prices.<\/p>\n

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