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WASHINGTON — Alex Azar might have big plans to overhaul how Medicare pays for drugs.

At a congressional hearing at the end of November, the nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services wondered aloud about how to modify a government health insurance program that helps tens of millions of Americans over the age of 65 pay for medicines. Such changes might impact the price of the drugs across the board.

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