HHS Secretary Azar Issues Statement on Drop in 2020 Medicare Drug Premiums

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following statement by Secretary Alex Azar on the Trump administration's announcement that the average basic premium for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans is projected to drop in 2020, the third straight year to see a decrease:

"President Trump has listened to what American patients and seniors want, and he has promised to protect what works and fix what's broken in American healthcare.

"Medicare Part D plans continue to be extremely popular, and the President is delivering improvements to Part D, offering plans more ways to provide low-cost options and delivering patients more transparency on drug prices.

"With premiums in Part D now projected to decline for 2020, President Trump is delivering on his promise to protect seniors and put patients in control."

Read the press release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (https://eu1.proxysite.com/process.php?d=QHfjEwHNRnzOv15ej%2B4x9GXifqT4GkEBTlKlsH5SQIrkIr%2BgohgCLeagbHu4wxMZ9eBddfoCzZ%2FtPM1w7lJIKjteOWntW6ogPlAg%2FU2PLRjO0tt4bZetUDEidQ%3D%3D&b=1)