While Trump Tweets, Nancy Pelosi Unveils Proposal to Lower Drug Prices

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released proposed legislation on Thursday that would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of hundreds of prescription drugs for Medicare healthcare beneficiaries as well as other consumers.
Americans pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world, as most other developed nations have single-payer systems with the government negotiating prices for its people.

To read more:

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/09/19/while-trump-tweets-nancy-pelosi-unveils-proposal-to-lower-drug-prices.html


GOP politicians love to talk about offering a plan for US residents, but the Democrats actually offer something of substance.

[bdamomma]

1. Will

Moscow Mitch sign it???? We need to lean on that bastard. Nancy get him.

[handmade34]

2. ...

“Senate Republicans are warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi that her much-anticipated drug pricing plan is dead and will not be considered in the Senate,” Politico reports.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ruled out any action on the bill: “Socialist price controls will do a lot of left-wing damage to the healthcare system. And of course we’re not going to be calling up a bill like that.”

[guillaumeb]

4. The US healthcare system is ranked 37th.

But McConnell has no interest in actually solving any of the real problems in the country.

[Maven]

3. No, he already announced that it's DOA

[guillaumeb]

5. Perhaps if Putin pays him to sign it. eom