Another of Trump's Day-1 executive orders took aim at drug costs. Jeff Nesbit, Former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the policy backsliding and potential price-gouging. contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-acti... - ThreadSky

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Another of Trump's Day-1 executive orders took aim at drug costs. Jeff Nesbit, Former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the policy backsliding and potential price-gouging.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-actions-to-undermine-drug-prices

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libraryanna.bsky.social•31 days ago

They are paying over $12,000 a month for a drug I’m taking. I have to pay $250. It’s on the list.

He wants to bankrupt Medicare while supporting big pharma. I wonder how much their bribe was.

drbrose.bsky.social•32 days ago

Hmmm….that should go over great with American Voters. Imbecilic move.

shutterbutter68.bsky.social•31 days ago

Sorry. But they voted for it. We all suffer but they voted for it.

They are now in the find out portion of FAFO

drbrose.bsky.social•31 days ago

So true—but this move has no upside for #Trump #MAGA. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

roosir.bsky.social•31 days ago

and yet, as noted on your site, so many seniors voted for this schmuck. I'd really like to know more about why people vote against their own interests. Too many Vets, Union workers, heath care workers, and on and on....what don't we understand about this phenomenon?

missannmcgregor.bsky.social•31 days ago

Prosperity gospel. It's okay for our leaders to have obscene wealth, that should be motivating to the rest of us to be rich. Something like that.

charli2d.bsky.social•31 days ago

It has to do with intelligence. You don't have any when you vote against your own interests. Imbeciles are amongst us.

thecollections.bsky.social•31 days ago

And if those same people who have to pay more are also Trump supporters, well, they will only blame Democrats because that is what they have been conditioned to believe.

alfredlund.bsky.social•32 days ago

Because obscene profits on the backs of unwell people is THE AMERICAN WAY! FFS

ej617.bsky.social•31 days ago

The Republican Party-increasing human suffering at every turn.

alfredlund.bsky.social•31 days ago

Almost the point?

shutterbutter68.bsky.social•31 days ago

Wait til you see little Mikey lapdog’s tax plan. It screws everyone but the rich.

alfredlund.bsky.social•31 days ago

Of course it does. Trump only cares about making his rich friends happy so they’ll like him-and it’ll never work!

timhny.bsky.social•31 days ago

“President Trump did away with these cost-saving plans so that his friends in the pharmaceutical industry could profit.”

- I say the jury is still out on why POS did this. He really could have just mindlessly done it to undo a Biden accomplishment. Something he would do.

shutterbutter68.bsky.social•31 days ago

Can his EO override laws tho? I guess we will see him in court.

Over and over and over again.

homerbarks2.bsky.social•31 days ago

FAFO!!

sundancer04.bsky.social•31 days ago

But, but, but...those are his supporters!!!

lbennie1234.bsky.social•32 days ago

He's going to create a crisis and then write an EO that mirrors the one that Joe Biden wrote, just to take credit for lowering drug prices.

barbarakb.bsky.social•32 days ago

^^ this. we’ve seen it before, haven’t we. what a tool.

lbennie1234.bsky.social•31 days ago

Yes, I've been around a few blocks to see this coming from a mile away!
Stay warm!!

barbarakb.bsky.social•31 days ago

Never forget: The Donald is all about optics. And then making money from those optics. And staying out of jail. That’s it.

yesfan.bsky.social•31 days ago

I agree about the grifter part but I think it’s more than that. He is a rascist, fascist wanna be dictator and the Republican Party just wants power. All those rich supporters especially in Silicon Valley want to be oligarchs like in Russia. Trump wants sole power and he is already destroying USA

barbarakb.bsky.social•31 days ago

I’m only talking about Trump. He’s using all these “supporters” and, yes, they’ll use him. But he only wants power if it gets him something. Purely transactional. Many people are like him.

4got10one.bsky.social•31 days ago

big pharma stock in their portfolios -- MFs

8gramma.bsky.social•31 days ago

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moonchild65.bsky.social•32 days ago

My one generic medicine is $1500 a month without Medicare coverage without it I can't work which means I go back on SSDI until they gut that then I'm homeless again. I'm absolutely terrified it took five years to climb out of mental illness I don't want to go back

yesfan.bsky.social•31 days ago

And his moronic Magda followers voted for him. Many are lower/ lower middle to poor middle of the country voters. These schmucks will also be screwed maybe even more than many of us . To me fuck then.. they deserved to be screwed.

Too bad rest of us go down As well

karmageddon.bsky.social•32 days ago

I think we might see some Streisand effect happening now, as seniors start to learn of the Biden policies that were saving them money -- because Trump is undoing those policies.

sstreger.bsky.social•31 days ago

I subscribed to The Contrarian, hoping for factual accounting of national news, disappointed by the sensationalistic bent of this article. The fact is that some drug prices will be raised is bad. The sensationalism is the entire rest of the article, no actions yet, just enough fear to ruin your day.