Sanders will 'absolutely' work with Trump to lower prescription drug costs

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Sunday he would “absolutely” work with President Trump to pass legislation to lower prescription medication costs.

“President Trump, come on board,” Sanders told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” “Let's work together. Let's end the absurdity of Americans paying by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.”

Sanders pointed to proposed legislation that would lower costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

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Sanders just a few weeks earlier called on Trump to support his legislation. "If Mr. Trump is serious about taking on PhRMA, if Mr. Trump is serious about having Medicare ... negotiate prescription drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry, we are going to have very shortly very significant legislation to do just that. I would hope that Mr. Trump would join us and support that legislation,” Sanders said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/325824-sanders-will-absolutely-work-with-trump-to-lower-prescription-drug-costs

[still_one]

1. Any bets Trump isn't interested in lowering drug costs

[nycbos]

2. You think?

[joeybee12]

3. I know

No one other than hard core trumpanzees believe Trump, so why act a I'd it's a possibility?

[truebluegreen]

8. So call him on it.

He talked a good game, or at least an effective one, in the election. Time for him to put up or shut up.

[still_one]

14. They have called him on his lies and it didn't seem to phase him. He is still spew the "Obama

wiretapped me" lie

[truebluegreen]

15. Doesn't matter if it phases him.

Those who thought he wanted to help them are watching. The more promises he breaks--like draining the swamp, great healthcare for everyone, jobs coming back, winning so much--the bigger the backlash. And it shows up the repukes too. He's incompetent and disengaged and in it for himself, they are malevolent, and the more obvious that is the better.

[still_one]

18. I agree with you, and we better call hem out on it

[Honeycombe8]

12. He campaigned on that bigly. But this was in a Bill Maher spot on Real Politics...

Maher showed Trump's con man words on lowering pharma prices, then states that Trump changed his tune after getting elected. He met with Big Pharma and then said the path forward on drug prices is deregulation.

[sheshe2]

13. Good bet.

Yet I am not a betting person.

[beam me up scottie]

4. Schumer is using the same strategy: "Chuck Schumer: Democrats Could Work With Trump"

Chuck Schumer: Democrats Could Work With Trump If He Ditches His Hard-Right Policies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chuck-schumer-trump_us_58d7cf6fe4b03787d3596b57?

“The president campaigned as a populist against the Democratic and Republican establishments,” Schumer said on ABC’s “This Week.” “He ran as a defender of the middle class. The minute he got into office, maybe led by Vice President Pence or some of the others, he moved so far to the hard right that it’s virtually impossible for us to work with him.”

“If he changes, he could have a different presidency, but he’s going to have to tell the Freedom Caucus and the hard-right special wealthy interests who are dominating his presidency,” Schumer added.

He said that Democrats will “certainly look at his proposals” if Trump ditches the policies that have been a hallmark of his presidency so far, noting that any future support would be “guided by our values.”

We all know Trump has no intention of working with us on anything but there's logic in acting like the adults in the room. When Trump refuses to cooperate Dems can say "See? We tried and he failed to live up to his promises."

Schumer and Sanders know how to give Trump all the rope he needs.

[metalbot]

19. This is actually where it gets very dangerous

Because I think Trump _is_ willing to work with Democrats.

The question is what we'd be willing to trade for that. It's going to be a constant "poison pill" battle that will allow Republicans to claim "Democrats voted against negotiating for better prescription prices" on a bill that also includes provisions to gut consumer medical protections. It could be very ugly.

[demmiblue]

21. +1

[Cryptoad]

5. All u hear from Trump and his thugs abt democrats,,,

"Lock Her Up",,,,,,,,, and u think we are going to work with that? geeez

[LakeArenal]

6. I don't know.. why not see if he'll work with Bernie...

Won't take long to see if he means it. He used profess more liberal ideas back when he was schmoozing the Clintons..
I see no reason why he won't turn on Republicans. That's his modus operandi. Say, if we can us him before he can use us, who knows..

[not fooled]

22. But since then

the mercers got hold of him, are responsible for installing him, and are using him to *attempt* to enact their radical crackpot far-right ideas. He's beholden to them and so a far-right ideologue now.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/mercers/[link:http://|

[JudyM]

7. Smart move. If tRump gets on board it either helps get it passed or tRump looks bad again and the

rest of rethugs have a campaign ad against them. If tRump doesn't go for it, his hand is called.

Either way, at least the bill will get some airtime instead of falling flat in the rethug alt-world.

[riversedge]

10. Trump has already said many times--He wants ACA to die-Explode!! no way will he

do anything to help it.

[JudyM]

11. He doesn't know what he wants, IMO!

[TomCADem]

17. Well, Bush Did Expand Medicare to Include Certain Prescription Drugs...

...Trump might be desperate enough for validation that he embraces at least one or two progressive ideas so that he can sell himself as a populist so long as it does not require him to give up his tax cuts.

[Sunlei]

9. prices are crazy high & Republican /Insurance Corporations trumpcare plan did NOT cover RX medicine

Imagine paying "out of pocket" for $40,000 a month chemo medicine for cancer treatment. There goes the house and car for a couple months of treatment.

[Skittles]

16. fuck that noise

[Tom Rinaldo]

20. It is Democratic legislation. Trump can cooperate with Democrats by supporting it

The bill has already been introduced. You would prefer Trump oppose it? Tell that to people who can't afford essential medication. When Democrats propose progressive solutions for America of course the President is welcome to support those solutions. And of course he won't, but that is a different story. Get him on record as doing nothing constructive for America, and then tear into him.