White House Finalizes Policy to Lower Health Care Costs

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell : Nov 5, 2026
Daily Signal

"This action lowers premiums and eliminates bad incentives that have driven up prices, building on President Trump's efforts that have already reduced health care costs and delivered more than $1 billion in savings through TrumpRx.gov and the Medicare Bridge program." -White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster

[DailySignal.com] President Donald Trump finalized new Medicare policies to lower costs by more than $1 billion next year for seniors, an administration official told the Daily Signal. (Image: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok /US Government Work-Public)

"Next year, America's seniors will save over $1 billion on high-cost drugs, like infusions to treat cancer, and over $2 billion over the next decade on common services such as heart ultrasounds, bone density scans, and chest X-rays," White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster said Wednesday.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is finalizing a policy to end intentional Medicare overpayments for outpatient drugs. It is lowering Medicare Part B payment rates for drugs administered in hospital outpatient departments to ensure discounts received by hospitals through the 340B program are passed along to Medicare and Medicare patients.

In 2027, the average impacted senior will save $900 on co-pays for outpatient drugs administered in 340B hospitals. Seniors will pay $1.1 billion less on high-cost drugs because of the change... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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