I hesitate (cringe, actually) as to anything that might be seen as… giving this any oxygen, at all. [At right is the lawful, and well-oiled plan that Mr. Biden actually… achieved [a modest, about 35% decrease — on the ten most widely prescribed (and long in market) drugs in the US]. Smoke that, Donnie.
But we do need to make it clear: the man’s absolutely… lost his… marbles.
In later 2017, he made a similar (but smaller) boast. Then… poof. Nothing.
He possesses no lever, whatsoever (not without full Congressional legislation — and even that might be ruled to be Unconstitutional) to achieve anything like that. Again, he tried in late 2017. Poof. Never happened. Here’s that:
…Days after he sent letters instructing top pharmaceutical manufacturers to use a “most favored nation” pricing model for prescription drugs, President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he had cut costs by up to 1,500%.
But Trump’s grandiose claim is mathematically impossible.
Here’s a closer look at the facts.
TRUMP: “You know, we’ve cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500%. I don’t mean 50%, I mean 14 — 1,500%.”
THE FACTS: This is false. Cutting drug prices by more than 100% would theoretically mean that people are being paid to take medications. The Trump administration has taken steps to lower prescription drug prices, but experts say there’s no indication costs have seen such a massive drop.
Geoffrey Joyce, director of health policy at the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center, called Trump’s claim “total fiction” made up by the Republican president. He agreed that it would amount to drug companies paying customers, rather than the other way around….
Elect a clown — expect… a circus. Yikes. Out.
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Just some Friday afternoon adminis-trivia, here now (on this hearing to enforce prior settlement agreements):
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