Lowering Drug Prices Harder than Candidates Say

Republican front-runner Donald Trump surprised many when he endorsed a proposal that has been on President Barack Obama's wish list for years: allowing government-run Medicare to set drug prices to reduce the growth in healthcare costs.

"When it comes time to negotiate the cost of drugs, we are going to negotiate like crazy," Trump said at a campaign event in New Hampshire earlier this month.

This straightforward-sounding proposal has also been endorsed by Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. 

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