A federal judge has blocked a major White House initiative on prescription drug costs, saying the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to require drugmakers to disclose their prices in TV ads.
President Trump talks about drug prices during a visit to the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on Oct. 25, 2018.
But in his 27-page ruling Mehta avoided debating the 1st Amendment, saying simply that the Trump administration had failed to show it had legal authority under the statutes that govern federal programs such as Medicare to require price disclosure. Mehta also said he wasn't questioning the motives of the Health and Human Services Department, which issued the price-disclosure rule. He suggested the administration could even be right on the merits.
Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said the administration was disappointed by the ruling and"will be working with the Department of Justice on next steps related to the litigation."
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