$7.9 billion might not seem like much money when measured against the trillions of dollars the federal government has spent in response to covid-19 — and the trillions more it might soon spend. But President Trump has a $7.9 billion drug rebate proposal that almost certainly violates his administration’s authority — and the fate of the proposal could speak volumes about how fiscal policy and separation of powers work in Trump’s Washington.
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