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To the editor : This move to invoke tariffs on pharmaceuticals could raise the cost of healthcare for the entire nation ( “Why California patients could soon face higher drug prices under Trump’s tariff plan,” Sept. 26).

It is a known fact, even if President Trump refuses to acknowledge it, that the cost of tariffs is largely passed along to the consumers. Higher drug prices are thus the obvious trickle-down effect of this move. It is already well known that seniors and others on limited incomes often fail to have prescriptions filled if it is going to result in a big bite out of their budgets.

We can expect little relief from medical insurance, the underwriters being essentia

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