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White House trumpeting drug plan as most far-reaching ‘of any president’

Senior administration officials are promising that President Trump will roll out "the most comprehensive plan to tackle prescription drug affordability of any president."
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WASHINGTON — Senior administration officials are promising that Friday afternoon, President Trump will roll out “the most comprehensive plan to tackle prescription drug affordability of any president.”

But ahead of his 2 p.m. remarks, the White House is keeping the actual plans under wraps — only hinting at the kinds of new policies that might come out in a “blueprint,” to be released alongside the speech and entitled “American

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