President Trump wants cheaper medicine in the US.

The government wants the health leader, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to find lower prices for medicines soon. If he cannot, he will make a new rule. This rule will make the U.S. pay the same low price as other countries for drugs.

Trump said, "We will all pay the same. We will pay like Europe."

We don't know if the president's plan will change things for people with private health insurance.

Trump said he would make medicine cheaper. This was after the government showed a plan to spend less money on health care for poor people.

Drug companies in the U.S. said the new rule was not good for people. They said it could stop them from making new medicines.

Bringing prices from other countries is bad for people in America, said Stephen J. Ubl. It would mean less medicine and put at risk the money our companies want to spend in America.

Trump wanted to pay less for some medicines.

A court stopped a rule about medicine prices. Drug companies said other countries would decide the price of medicine in the U.S.

Trump talked about drug prices.

But he said he would check the companies and let other countries sell their medicines in the US.

Trump said big companies that make medicine get lots of money from America. He said this is not good.

Trump said his plan would save a lot of money.

But on Monday, the White House did not say how much money they could save.

Health leaders will meet with drug companies next month. They will talk about how much drugs cost.

An expert said the cost of medicine in America may not go down soon.

Sachs said the plan wants companies to make prices lower, but we don't know how much. If they don't make prices lower, the government will do other things. These things will take a long time, maybe years, to make prices lower.

A government group can change drug prices a little. A new rule lets this group ask for lower prices for some drugs soon. Before, they paid what drug companies wanted. Drug companies did not win in court.

It is hard for the government to change drug prices for people with private insurance.

Drugs cost a lot in the U.S. People in the U.S. pay more for drugs than people in other rich countries. This is a big problem, but they can't fix it.

Trump said medicine companies were bad. He said other countries paid less for medicine.

Before he spoke, Trump said bad things about drug companies online.

He said money from drug companies helps some people, but not him or his party.

"We will do the right thing," he wrote.

Some medicine companies did well on the stock market on Monday.