The drug, made from cannabidiol compounds found in marijuana, will be used to treat two rare forms of childhood epilepsy,

Republicans are already on shaky ground before the mid-term elections, and the loss of one of the most popular parts of the ACA might be a death knell.

“Such a system's incentives, detached from artificial list prices, would likely serve patients far better,” Azar said in a hearing.

“I think people are going to start to see for the first time ever in this country a major drop in the cost of prescription drugs,” Trump said.

In an attempt to shame drugmakers into keeping list prices down, a new federal dashboard highlights drugs with particularly rapid increases in unit costs.

American Patients First aims to increase competition for medicines and reduce patients' out-of-pocket costs.

By overriding patents for opioid antidotes, the government could lower the costs and increase availability of the life-saving drugs.

Commissioner Scott Gottlieb asked in a speech what would happen if the U.S. government re-examined the safe harbor that drug rebates have.