The Hill: Warren presses health chief over Trump's promise of drug price cuts

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday about why no drug companies have announced price decreases despite President Trump saying they would soon.

Warren focused on Trump’s statement at the end of May that "in two weeks" drug companies would "announce voluntary massive drops in prices." The two-week mark from that statement is this Wednesday.

"He said there would be massive decreases in prices within two weeks," Warren said during a Senate Health Committee hearing. "It's been two weeks and there have been no decreases and an indication of increase."

Read the full story on The Hill website here.

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