Trump highlights healthcare plan amid Democrats’ shutdown narrative

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President Donald Trump is charging forward with a wave of drug pricing initiatives as Republicans seek to dismantle Democrats’ justification for shutting down the government over healthcare demands.

As Democrats have dug their heels in over an extension of Obamacare insurance premium tax credits to give their support for a government funding patch, with funding lapsing at midnight on Sept. 30, Trump has moved forward with several health policy announcements, including his pharmaceutical tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday.

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