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In reply to the discussion: Trump to sign executive order to cut prices of medicine to match other countries [View all]
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Trump to sign executive order to cut prices of medicine to match other countries [View all]
highplainsdem
20 hrs ago
OP
Full post. Expects nationalized medicine in other countries to pick up some of the difference
underpants
20 hrs ago
#1
That won't last long. Some well-placed 'donations' will put it in the memory hole.
Norrrm
20 hrs ago
#2
Well, he doesn't consider it "winning" unless he thinks it's at somebody else's expense.
Beartracks
20 hrs ago
#3
I think the net effect of this tariff scheme will be to strangle supply, not actually lower prices. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
20 hrs ago
#4
I wonder if he actually will try to executive order universal healthcare into existance
SSJVegeta
16 hrs ago
#29
dim's about to show the world--even the cult--how much power an EO DOESN'T have. nt
Grokenstein
20 hrs ago
#12
He's done and said several things this weekend that make me think the repukes know they are underwater in '26
Cheezoholic
19 hrs ago
#18
He might as well write an EO to declare every day will be sunny and fair weather
Bluetus
18 hrs ago
#21
This EO is completely meaningless. It has no legal authority at all. But for sake of argument
Bluetus
17 hrs ago
#24
That's easy: he did not say per year...or even per decade. In fact, he didn't give any timeframe.
Ol Janx Spirit
17 hrs ago
#25
I see this as a blame-shifting maneuver. He's going to say he did his part, and
RockRaven
17 hrs ago
#26
If you think that you are being "ripped" off by the pharmaceutical industries and by the insurance industries ...
Tarzanrock
15 hrs ago
#34
Yeah right. The gop (let alone maga) only do things to make themselves and their criminal friends money.
C Moon
13 hrs ago
#37
If other countries drug prices go up, depending how high they go up, based on his proposal, our prices will be
JohnSJ
9 hrs ago
#47
Other nations make pharmaceuticals too and what those manufacturers and other nations
Botany
9 hrs ago
#48
Yes they do, and it is even more complicated because many of the U.S. pharmaceutical companies have partnerships or
JohnSJ
9 hrs ago
#50
One of the reasons our prescription drugs cost so much is that we (I think) are the only ...
Botany
8 hrs ago
#60
First, this has to be approved by Congress. His executive order won't do diddly. Second, he has said he will be
JohnSJ
9 hrs ago
#46
Yes but now we have pharma without research b/c government funding is neutered.
bucolic_frolic
9 hrs ago
#52
He doesn't have the authority to do it without congress. The companies will take him to court and win.
everyonematters
8 hrs ago
#57