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When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care: doctors could now prescribe addiction medicine virtually.

Congress has found little to agree on when it comes to health care, but lawmakers from both parties appear to be warming up to ideas for reining in drug prices.

In its failure to repeal Obamacare this fall, Congress should have learned a simple lesson: Americans want the government to see that everyone has health insurance.

Trump has done nothing but talk since his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, issued a report on Nov. 1 filled with dire language and calls to action.

Measures proposed in the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday would cut some Affordable Care Act taxes for health insurers, drugmakers and medical-device makers. Patients, too, would benefit from the changes, which are likely to be attached to an end-of-year spending bill.

Some Americans who froze their credit reports following the big data breach this year at the credit-rating firm Equifax may be in for a surprise if they try to purchase insurance on the federal health laws marketplaces.