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What The Senate Health Bill Means For The Drug Industry

The pharmaceutical industry has not taken a position on the Senate’s health care bill released Thursday. The bill would eliminate a tax on drug companies, but provisions of the bill that are expected to leave millions more uninsured could hurt sales for drug companies.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Bloomberg’s Keri Geiger (@GeigerWire) about the latest, and about a draft order on drug prices from President Trump which eases a number of regulations on the industry.

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