Dissecting The Rhetoric Vs. Reality Of Trump's Tough Talk On Drug Prices

[egbertowillies]

President Donald Trump has railed against the high price of prescription drugs and famously bemoaned how pharmaceutical companies are “getting away with murder.” Yet, many Americans aren’t seeing a change in what they pay out-of-pocket.

Trump promised a speech on prescription drug prices, and it’s expected anytime.

Here’s a look at the rhetoric thus far versus the results.

https://singlepayerhealthcarenow.com/2018/04/28/reality-trump-tough-talk-drug-prices/

[lark]

1. It's just a ploy to get the pharmaceutical industry to bribe him.

He has no problem with high prices, he loves them, especially for poor working class folks. He just wants his own cut of the profits and then he'll leave them alone, just as he did with opioids.