“I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history. Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be REDUCED, almost immediately, by 30% to 80%.”
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Dems and Biden, who actually governed, already got a $2K/yr cap on out of pocket drug costs into Medicare. Trump, who talks but protects the billionaire class, will not improve on that.
No but it protects older consumers against the high cost. Biden also had an expanding list of drugs whose costs were being limited…I think Repubs announced an intention to end that.
One of the 1st things he did was to end Biden's initiative that allowed Medicaid/Medicare to negotiate drug prices & was lowering Rx prices. Begging WH press to at least mention this rather than simply help mislead the public about yet another meaningless EO (see recent 'trade deal' reporting).
"I'm going to say some words. Big, Beautiful, powerful words. Promises will be made. Nothing will make sense. I'll bow in victory. Right wing media will pretend i just cured fucking cancer."
Last time this guy was involved in prescription drugs, people who truly needed hydroxychloroquine couldn’t get it because there was a shortage created by the illiterati.
I think he was trying to outlaw making low mpg cars. Maybe he'll dictate a floor for gas prices to keep his oil buddies happy they bribed him $1 billion
There are no red Americans or blue Americans, just the stupid Americans who can't see through Trump and the cynical Americans who can but play along with him to grift the stupid ones.
I’m excited to announce that I’ve solved the problem with hammers hitting my head by stopping hitting myself in the head with hammers. YOU’RE WELCOME AMERICA 🇺🇸
Ugh, he’s so so so stupid. He has no understanding of the problem and thinks he can just sign one of his idiotic edicts and the problem will be magically solved. Trump is as thoughtful and analytical as a chimpanzee. I mean that literally.
No, you’re right. He can’t even drink a glass of water without using both hands. I apologize to all the nonhuman primates on the planet for comparing them unfavorably to President Trump.
I’ve worked in drug research for 30 years. Drug pricing is unfair but it’s complex and most of the cost comes from the research and development of the FAILED drugs (the majority of our projects). I’m not saying there isn’t a problem with drug prices. I’m saying Trump is far too stupid to solve it.
I'm curious how much of that R&D process is conducted in universities at no cost to Pharma. Any of it? Does Pharma ever sponsor research in colleges, or are most of their studies in-house?
Pharma sponsors a lot of research in universities and often collaborate with academic labs. In fact, that’s how I got my Ph.D. from University College London. Roche (the company I worked for) had a big collaboration with a professor there
Medical research hasn’t stopped, it’s just slowed a bit. The US is still a research powerhouse and will remain so but the US will be a less appealing place to do research because 1) less funding and 2) Trump has alienated the world.
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Why is the WH press?
So STUPID!
"Enjoy!"
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Trump is backed into a public humiliation corner
https://youtu.be/0pYhvymYk-I?si=L6QMDeOIkpC2wlN8
It's a shame the US has dropped out of medicine-making, along with so much else.