Trump signs bills to eliminate pharmacy ‘gag’ clauses
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law two bills that mean all pharmacists are now allowed to inform patients of whether they can purchase medicines for less money.
The so-called “gag clauses” previously restricted pharmacists from informing patients of what the new law calls “any differential between the negotiated price of, or copayment or coinsurance for, the drug or biological to the enrollee under the plan and a lower price the individual would pay for the drug or biological if the enrollee obtained the drug without using any health insurance coverage.”
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