Great health plans' coming soon, says Trump

The Trump administration proposed regulation changes in February that allowed for expansion of so-called skinny short-term health insurance plans that don’t comply with Obamacare rules such as covering pre-existing conditions or providing comprehensive coverage. It wasn’t clear whether that was what Trump was referring to in the rally.

On Friday, the president plans to release a proposal to bring down U.S. drug prices.

The drug price plan is called American Patients First, and is meant to increase pharmaceutical competition and lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs, according to senior administration officials who briefed reporters in advance on Thursday.

The pharmaceutical proposal would lift rules that prevent government programs from getting better drug discounts, push other developed nations with tighter price controls to pay more in the interest of fair trade, would create incentives for drug companies to lower list prices, and would try to prevent drug makers from extending monopolies by gaming the system.