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What Does Trump’s Drug Pricing Order Really Mean for Free-Market Conservatives?

What Does Trump’s Drug Pricing Order Really Mean for Free-Market Conservatives?

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Matt Margolis
May 13, 2025
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What Does Trump’s Drug Pricing Order Really Mean for Free-Market Conservatives?
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President Trump’s executive order, Delivering Most Favored Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients, represents one of the most aggressive attempts in recent history to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the United States. On the surface, it promises a major win for consumers fed up with skyrocketing drug prices. But beneath the populist appeal lies a deeper policy debate about whether this approach is truly conservative or consistent with free-market principles.

Let’s look into that, shall we?

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