The federal estate tax was not eliminated. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act raised the basic exclusion amount to $15 million per person for 2026 and made it permanent, but the 40% top rate on amounts above the exemption remains in the Internal Revenue Code.
Analyses of TrumpRx and Most Favored Nation pricing deals show that while some discounts exist, U.S. prices for many drugs remain higher than in other developed countries. An NBC News review found only a minority of sampled drugs were the lowest-priced internationally.
