HHS with­draws Trump-era plan to al­low more per­son­al drug, in­sulin im­ports

Once again, Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s HHS is can­cel­ing an­oth­er one of for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s ill-fat­ed plans to low­er pre­scrip­tion drug costs.

Back in Sep­tem­ber, Trump’s HHS is­sued two re­quests for pro­pos­als on the reim­por­ta­tion of in­sulin and the per­son­al im­por­ta­tion of pre­scrip­tion drugs. The pro­pos­als would’ve al­lowed the HHS Sec­re­tary to lift the pro­hi­bi­tion on the wider per­son­al im­por­ta­tion of pre­scrip­tion drugs or de­vices.

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