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Tarzanrock

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32. Drug prices will continue to go up.

Mon May 12, 2025, 12:20 AM

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In the pharmaceutical distribution system everyone takes their own vigorish from every pill which is dispensed. In matters where Medicare or Medicaid is involved these thieves really gouge the public spigot.

In the flow of payment from drug manufacturer to consumer, several parties receive compensation: drug manufacturers receive payment for selling drugs to wholesalers, who in turn sell to pharmacies, and ultimately, the consumer pays the pharmacy. Pharmacies, wholesalers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and insurers also receive payments or rebates from manufacturers or each other, impacting the final cost to the consumer.

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Trump to sign executive order to cut prices of medicine to match other countries [View all] highplainsdem Sunday OP

Full post. Expects nationalized medicine in other countries to pick up some of the difference underpants Sunday #1

Thanks! highplainsdem Sunday #6

New grift enid602 Sunday #30

That won't last long. Some well-placed 'donations' will put it in the memory hole. Norrrm Sunday #2

This could be another market manipulation, too. highplainsdem Sunday #5

THIS NotHardly Sunday #8

Well, he doesn't consider it "winning" unless he thinks it's at somebody else's expense. Beartracks Sunday #3

He's a sadist. highplainsdem Sunday #7

I think the net effect of this tariff scheme will be to strangle supply, not actually lower prices. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #4

I agree. Price controls cause supply shortages VMA131Marine Sunday #27

yeah, we have to stop looking at the term "executive order" NJCher Monday #38

Does this mean the weekend negotiations with China weren't productive? Raven123 Sunday #9

Like Big Pharma will stand for THAT. 50 Shades Of Blue Sunday #10

More lies Jughead Sunday #11

Put this in homegirl Sunday #17

I wonder if he actually will try to executive order universal healthcare into existance SSJVegeta Sunday #29

Getting ready to post the same thing. Another CON JOB for the Markets. Bengus81 Monday #59

dim's about to show the world--even the cult--how much power an EO DOESN'T have. nt Grokenstein Sunday #12

Big Pharma better open their checkbook for the felon. travelingthrulife Sunday #13

Except for companies which pay a nice big bribe. Irish_Dem Sunday #14

Is Trump's order aimed at Mark Cuban's Cost-Plus Pharma pricing? bucolic_frolic Monday #54

Trump does nothing unless it benefits himself in some way. Irish_Dem Monday #55

I doubt it will happen NewEnglandAutumn Sunday #15

similar words NJCher Monday #39

He does not need an executive order bmichaelh Sunday #16

He's done and said several things this weekend that make me think the repukes know they are underwater in '26 Cheezoholic Sunday #18

Gotta get that jet off the front page . . . Journeyman Sunday #19

King Trump Smackdown2019 Sunday #20

He might as well write an EO to declare every day will be sunny and fair weather Bluetus Sunday #21

in a recent interview NJCher Monday #40

Part of it is Trump's insanity and ego Bluetus Monday #61

I'm confused by the Turd's fallacious logic. Tarzanrock Sunday #22

This EO is completely meaningless. It has no legal authority at all. But for sake of argument Bluetus Sunday #24

Say there, Crackpot Turd, just how are we "saving" ... Tarzanrock Sunday #23

That's easy: he did not say per year...or even per decade. In fact, he didn't give any timeframe. Ol Janx Spirit Sunday #25

I see this as a blame-shifting maneuver. He's going to say he did his part, and RockRaven Sunday #26

An Exexcutive Order can't change prices. James48 Sunday #28

in his dreams NJCher Monday #41

I find it so hard to make sense of the world Trump lives in. applegrove Monday #31

you might be interested in what the Canadian expert said NJCher Monday #42

Drug prices will continue to go up. Tarzanrock Monday #32

Nice idea for generic drugs Warpy Monday #33

I would interpret this more along the lines of NJCher Monday #43

Congratulations on your 40,000 post milestone. niyad Monday #62

Thank you! NJCher Monday #63

If you think that you are being "ripped" off by the pharmaceutical industries and by the insurance industries ... Tarzanrock Monday #34

DONNIE! REALITY DOESNT WORK THIS WAY! flying rabbit Monday #35

Here come major drug shortages Akakoji Monday #36

Yeah right. The gop (let alone maga) only do things to make themselves and their criminal friends money. C Moon Monday #37

As useful as Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. FiveFifteen Monday #44

Clueless Botany Monday #45

If other countries drug prices go up, depending how high they go up, based on his proposal, our prices will be JohnSJ Monday #47

Other nations make pharmaceuticals too and what those manufacturers and other nations Botany Monday #48

Yes they do, and it is even more complicated because many of the U.S. pharmaceutical companies have partnerships or JohnSJ Monday #50

One of the reasons our prescription drugs cost so much is that we (I think) are the only ... Botany Monday #60

First, this has to be approved by Congress. His executive order won't do diddly. Second, he has said he will be JohnSJ Monday #46

Which will have absolutely nothing to do with the price of drugs. Scrivener7 Monday #49

Dems messaging is horrible gab13by13 Monday #51

Yes but now we have pharma without research b/c government funding is neutered. bucolic_frolic Monday #52

Saw this on Raw Story gab13by13 Monday #53

More lip service k_buddy762 Monday #56

He doesn't have the authority to do it without congress. The companies will take him to court and win. everyonematters Monday #57

Is the the EO that the Republican congress going to rebel on? LiberalArkie Monday #58