President Trump told reporters Friday that he plans to issue an executive order creating a "favored nations clause," where the U.S. would pay no more for a drug than the lowest price paid by another country.
Why it matters: There are a lot of details that are unclear, such as how the order would be enforced and how much of a difference it would make. But it's a sign that Trump wants to use his executive authority to move ahead on his campaign promise to lower drug prices — and a bad sign for drug companies.
The New York Times has a smart piece that highlights two points about providing comprehensive health care to undocumented migrants: the United States would be an international outlier if it did so, and the idea is so new that there's no defined roadmap for how to do it.
Why it matters: Most of the Democratic presidential candidates have endorsed the idea, which shows how much the party's political views have changed since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. People in the country illegally can get emergency medical care, but not regular coverage, and the Times reports that experts haven't estimated how much an expansion of coverage would cost.
