The Art of A Drug Deal?

Submitted by ub on

What happened inside that infamous swamp between then and now? It is now evolved into the creature if the orange lagoon.

It was 18 months ago when @realDonaldTrump screamed out that pharma companies were getting away with murder. What do We The People now if we learn companies paid to play? Did @POTUS drink the Kool-Aid or is it a more sinister situation?

Last year Pfizer says it spent $7.7 billion on research and development, $11 billion on sales and just under $15 billion on overhead, according to SEC filings. It booked $21.3 billion in profits. POTUS accused the world of freeloading off U.S. drug companies linking soaring prescription drug prices in the #USA to lower prices abroad. Is POTUS bark worse than his bite?

Breaking yet another promise, Trump will NOT be negotiating lower Medicare drug prices as part of his new "American Patients First" health care plan. Big Pharma stocks skyrocketed on Wall Street following the plan's announcement last week. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/16/donald-trump-caves-pr…

Trump promises to ‘derail the gravy train’ and lower drug prices in ‘American Patients First’ plan https://wapo.st/2rxkJ1Y?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.08122fc97f3d

Few teeth in Trump's prescription to reduce drug prices https://www.apnews.com/110bd89ca57d42bda8c38ce1fe31be72

Trump assails high drug prices, avoids a direct hit on industry https://reut.rs/2KTmJu8

Trump promised to bring pharma to justice. His speech sent drug stocks soaring https://www.statnews.com/2018/05/11/trump-drug-pricing-speech-stocks/

Trump Outlines Plan to Lower Drug Prices https://nyti.ms/2KU0x36

Trump's plan to bring down drug prices spares pharmaceutical industry http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-plan-drug-prices-spares-…

Trump assails high drug prices, avoids a direct hit on industry https://reut.rs/2KTmJu8

The 6 most interesting parts of Trump’s mostly disappointing drug price plan https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/11/17346436/trump-speech…

Trump announces a plan to lower drug prices: "This is a total rip off, and we are ending it" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-prescription-drug-prices-plan-announ…

Big Pharma Is 'Relieved' Over Trump Plan on Drug Prices http://bit.ly/2rB4UIj

6 Takeaways From Trump’s Plans to Try to Lower Drug Prices https://nyti.ms/2KWTvdZ

Trump Denounces “Middlemen” and Largely Spares Pharma in Drug Pricing Speech
The White House proposal would not allow Medicare to negotiate prices or expand medication imports
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-denounces-middlemen-an…

Kushner-backed healthcare project gets ‘devastating’ review
https://politi.co/2KXymAy

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