Hospitals brace for rising drug costs amid tariffs: 6 things to know Advertisement. By: Alexandra Murphy. Wednesday, May 7th, 2025. Print Share.

US president Donald Trump’s renewed push for tariffs on pharmaceutical imports has healthcare experts worried that patients could soon feel the effects in hospitals, pharmacies, and even during ...

Even though Trump paused most reciprocal tariffs for 90 days last week, hospitals are still bracing for the effects of these trade regulations, as the pause won’t last forever.

In his first term, Trump made a lot of noise about lowering drug prices but accomplished little of consequence. The noise continues, but it is now accompanied by new ill-conceived initiatives, ...

There have been tariff success stories, though. Hospital-administered drugs usually come in a vial that you need a syringe to use, and most of those syringes are made in China. Wosińska cited how ...

Tariff turmoil: Hospitals, device makers welcome pause, but fear long-term pain Healthcare providers and medtech companies still face pressure to find ways to offset potential supply chain shocks ...

Tariffs on medical supplies are causing delays, wait times, and increased costs for hospitals, and the president’s tariffs are exacerbating the fragile health care system.

President Trump’s tariffs are adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to individual medical device firms and diagnostic companies. The biggest manufacturers are relatively unbothered by it.

Ohio hospital systems, employees and patients face the possibility of cataclysmic changes, indeed, if Medicaid funding is cut, especially in light of recent tariffs, writes Maria Pelleschi, of ...

HOUSTON — One of Houston’s most prolific builders of hospitals said clients are already responding to the impact of proposed tariffs, which are exacerbating supply chain issues exposed by the ...

There have been tariff success stories, though. Hospital-administered drugs usually come in a vial that you need a syringe to use, and most of those syringes are made in China.