Sounds Like A Good Idea? Regulating Drug Prices

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Sounds Like A Good Idea? Regulating Drug Prices

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<p>This is part of a  about health care promises from presidential candidates that “sound like a good idea.” Julie Rovner and Francis Ying of Kaiser Health News explore why proposals to regulate drug prices may not be such a good idea after all.</p>
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This KHN story can be republished for free (<a href="/syndication">details</a>).

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<p>— Kaiser Family Foundation/Peterson Center on Healthcare survey: .</p>
<p>The other “Sounds Like A Good Idea” videos examined  and proposals to  if lawmakers change the health law’s guarantee of insurance for people with pre-existing conditions.</p>
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