The Trump administration says it's aiming to lower drug costs for Americans.

President Donald Trump sent letters to 17 major drug companies last week giving them 60 days to cut prices for U.S. consumers to the lowest prices paid by other countries.

The president wrote the administration will "deploy every tool in our arsenal" if companies don't comply.

The move follows an executive order he signed in May which focused on cutting drug prices.

But more detailed enforcement actions against drug manufacturers may be needed for them to follow suit, according to Tricia Neuman, with health policy research organization KFF.

"I think if they start to see the hammer and they believe that this will be enforced, and I think we could see drug companies start to change their behavior," Neuman said.

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