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brooklynite

(94,719 posts) Sun Mar 31, 2019, 04:56 PM Mar 2019

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Sanders vows to cut prescription prices in half if elected president

The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) vowed Sunday to cut prescription drug prices in half if elected president in 2020.

"It is absurd that Americans are forced to pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs while the top 5 drug companies made over $50 billion in profits last year," he said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

"We have a national health emergency when one out of five Americans cannot afford to purchase the medicine their doctors prescribe. Whether the drug companies like it or not, that is a situation which must end, and end soon."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders vows to cut prescription prices in half if elected president (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2019 OP

Not gonna happen keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #1

His polling with seniors is very bad. nt Kahuna7 Mar 2019 #2

How. we can do it Mar 2019 #3

Maybe through a national emergency declaration like Trump is trying. Blue_true Mar 2019 #16

That sounds nice. kstewart33 Mar 2019 #4

And I'm going to make it rain M&Ms. Jakes Progress Mar 2019 #5

And the drug companies will raise prices by 100% dalton99a Mar 2019 #6

And college will be free and it will rain lemonade drops. yardwork Mar 2019 #7

The Promise King. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #8

Can we all get a unicorn too? awesomerwb1 Mar 2019 #9

I wrote the same thing before I saw your post...great minds Yada yada. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #13

Well, Hillary was accused of offering everyone a pony (incorrectly accused) Blue_true Mar 2019 #17

He also said he was going to release his tax returns. Tipperary Mar 2019 #10

Another empty slogan nt BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #11

Can I have a unicorn too pretty please. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #12

Just like he vows to release his taxes question everything Mar 2019 #14

I so. Blue_true Mar 2019 #15

And... a chicken in every pot! A car in every garage! Free college! Everything's free, free, FREE!! NurseJackie Mar 2019 #18

keithbvadu2

(36,887 posts)

1. Not gonna happen

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 04:57 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Kahuna7

(2,531 posts)

2. His polling with seniors is very bad. nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:07 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

we can do it

(12,190 posts)

3. How.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:19 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

16. Maybe through a national emergency declaration like Trump is trying.

Reply to we can do it (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:36 PM

Mar 2019

Which, if it is the way he envisions doing it, he would likely be ok if Trump gets upheld in Court.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

kstewart33

(6,551 posts)

4. That sounds nice.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:28 PM

Mar 2019

Now, how exactly is he going to do that? By presidential decree?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)

5. And I'm going to make it rain M&Ms.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:44 PM

Mar 2019

I don't have to tell you how either.

Oh. And I'm going to make all the bad CEOs stop being bad. And I'll scowl while I do it.

Do you love me now too?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

dalton99a

(81,570 posts)

6. And the drug companies will raise prices by 100%

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:52 PM

Mar 2019

Because current law says the federal government is prohibited from negotiating drug prices, the drug companies can do whatever the hell they want.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

yardwork

(61,700 posts)

7. And college will be free and it will rain lemonade drops.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 06:07 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)

8. The Promise King.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 06:09 PM

Mar 2019

I mean the Amendment King.

Never mind. I mean the master of his own domain.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)

9. Can we all get a unicorn too?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 06:49 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Demsrule86

(68,644 posts)

13. I wrote the same thing before I saw your post...great minds Yada yada.

Reply to awesomerwb1 (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 08:25 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

17. Well, Hillary was accused of offering everyone a pony (incorrectly accused)

Reply to awesomerwb1 (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:40 PM

Mar 2019

in the 2016 primary and she got pilloried. Maybe promising a unicorn gets around that problem, because at least ponies exist.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

10. He also said he was going to release his tax returns.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 06:53 PM

Mar 2019

I do not find Bernie to be believable.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

BlueFlorida

(1,532 posts)

11. Another empty slogan nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 07:25 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Demsrule86

(68,644 posts)

12. Can I have a unicorn too pretty please.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 08:24 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

question everything

(47,522 posts)

14. Just like he vows to release his taxes

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 08:28 PM

Mar 2019

I don't trust a word he says.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

15. I so.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:34 PM

Mar 2019

He would have done something that in his long time in Congress, he did not do or seem to try to do. The question is exactly how does he do what he promised. He must be hoping that Trump's national emergency ploy gets upheld by the Courts, because use of such a tactic is the only way that drug prices can be lowered.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

18. And... a chicken in every pot! A car in every garage! Free college! Everything's free, free, FREE!!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:53 PM

Mar 2019

A chicken in every pot! A car in every garage! Free college! Everything's free, free, FREE!!

Promises without realistic and real-world plans to implement them, or get them passed into law, AND FUNDED... well, it's hard to take him seriously.

I think we should take a close look at his legislative accomplishments before we take these types of promises seriously.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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