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Taxpayers spend more than $50 billion yearly on the 10 drugs, which include popular blood thinners Xarelto and Eliquis and diabetes drugs Jardiance and Januvia.

With the new prices, the administration says savings are expected to total $6 billion for taxpayers and $1.5 billion overall for some of the 67 million people who rely on Medicare.

And the White House said it could not provide an average cost-savings for individual Medicare enrollees who use the drugs. »

Vought, one of the key authors of Project 2025, a right-wing blueprint for a second Trump term, expected the meeting would help his think tank secure a substantial contribution.

Trump has publicly rejected Project 2025 as Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has sought to tie him to some of the plan’s most extreme proposals.

He described Vought’s work preparing executive orders and policy playbooks as “the second phase” of Project 2025. »

The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with drugmakers to lower prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs under Medicare.

The new negotiated prices were compared to the 2023 list prices of the drugs.

In the coming years, however, drugs under Medicare Part B, which are administered in medical facilities — such as chemotherapy drugs — will also be subject to negotiation. »

A Texas man is facing attempted murder charges after police say he gave his 4-month-old son gasoline to drink on purpose.

Edgar James Bridgemon, 24, admitted to giving his son the gasoline with the intention of killing him, authorities said.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers say Bridgemon attempted to run away on foot but quickly took him into custody, according to My Paris Texas. »