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  "id": 8499191,
  "title": "Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/trump-announces-all-50-states-joining-medicaid-drug-pricing-model",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-19T16:37:05.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-announces-all-50-states-joining-medicaid-drug-pricing-model"
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  "summary": "President Trump announced that all 50 US states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico have applied to participate in a new Medicaid drug pricing model. According to Trump, the program aims to give lower drug prices to Medicaid programs. The Hill reports that 40 states and Puerto Rico have already signed agreements.\n\nThe program, referred to as the Medicaid GENEROUS model or most-favored-nation model, is expected to save the federal and state governments $64.3 billion, according to the White House. However, experts such as Brian Reid, principal at health consultancy Reid Strategic, question whether the changes will directly save consumers money, noting that Medicaid patients already pay low prices for their medicines.\n\nThe specifics of the program, including which drugs are included and how long the pricing deals will remain in place, are unclear as the content of the deals is not public. Some experts, like Peter Maybarduk of Public Citizen, have also expressed skepticism about the Trump administration's 10-year estimate of savings.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Watch live: Trump to announce Medicaid drug pricing plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/watch-live-trump-to-announce-medicaid-drug-pricing-plan",
        "published": "2026-09-18T18:05:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "‘No one knows what is in these deals’: Trump set to announce new Medicaid drug pricing model amid affordability concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/no-one-knows-what-is-in-these-deals-trump-set-to-announce-new",
        "published": "2026-09-18T20:02:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MedPage Today",
        "title": "Trump Announces All 50 States Joining Medicaid Drug Pricing Model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/trump-announces-all-50-states-joining-medicaid-drug-pricing-model",
        "published": "2026-09-18T20:41:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/trump-announces-all-50-states-joining-medicaid-drug-pricing-model-8500717",
        "published": "2026-09-19T16:37:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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