Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients and an Exchange With Reporters
Issued 2025-05-12 by Donald J. Trump
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President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on May 11, 2025, titled "Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients." Based on this title, the executive action aims to establish a system where the prices American patients pay for prescription drugs are aligned with "most-favored-nation" principles, suggesting an effort to secure more
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This executive order addresses "Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients and an Exchange With Reporters". The President's stated reasoning: "that we are paying the same price as other countries." Executive orders are a long-established exercise of presidential power, used by every President since George Washington. They are grounded in Article II of the Constitution, which vests executive power in the President and directs them to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Executive orders cannot create new law, contradict existing federal statutes, or exceed the President's constitutional authority. The legitimacy of any specific order depends on whether it operates within statutory authority Congress has delegated, directs the executive branch on matters within its constitutional purview, or attempts to substitute executive policy for legislative choices. Courts can and do review executive orders for conformity with the Constitution and federal law.
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