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Payers Won’t Be Spared From Tariff Exposure, Experts Predict

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    Apr 11, 2025

    One week after announcing sweeping tariffs on nearly every country, President Donald Trump enacted a 90-day pause, sending whiplash through the health care sector as analysts and others struggle to guess how providers and insurers will be affected. 

    The pause applies to all countries but China, which saw a 125% hike in tariffs. It also will not apply to pharmaceutical tariffs, which Trump announced are “coming soon.” 

    “We’re going to tariff our pharmaceuticals, and once we do that, they come rushing back into our country, because we’re the big market,” Trump told the Republican National Congressional Committee dinner on April 8. 

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    • Jill Drachenberg

    Jill has been a reporter and editor since 2005, mainly focusing on business and health care. Before joining AIS Health, she was an editor for Relias Media (formerly AHC Media), focusing on topics such as case management, medical ethics, risk management, infection control, hospital management, and contraceptive technology. She has a B.A. in journalism from Georgia State University.

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