The Trump administration has proposed relaxing 30-year-old rules that prevent self-referrals and kickbacks in medicine, saying they get in the way of different parts of the healthcare system working together.
The proposal, which President Trump will speak about Wednesday in Minnesota, applies to the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Anti-Kickback Law, which exist to protect patients so doctors wouldn't order unnecessary, costly tests or procedures just so they could benefit financially. Despite the protections, healthcare industries have been pushing for changes, saying the rules had become overly burdensome and expensive, and prevented them from setting up arrangements that would help patients get access to the care they need more easily and at lower prices.
The initiative is part of a broader Trump administration effort to cut red tape throughout the federal government and to outline Trump's healthcare priorities ahead of the 2020 election. The next announcement is expected to be about drug prices.
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