2020 ELECTION/DRUGS: “For generations, the American people have been abused by big pharma and their army of lawyers, lobbyists, and bought-and-paid-for politicians. But I’ve [never] been loyal to the special interests; I have been loyal to our patients and our people that need drugs — prescription drugs — and devoted myself completely to fighting for […]
Tag: prescription drugs
11/20/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE: “Until now, Americans have often been charged more than twice as much for the exact same drug as other medically advanced countries. We would be having a drug — identical drug, same company — and we’d pay many times the price of what that drug would sell for in certain countries. In case after […]
11/20/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE: “So, today, I have to tell you it’s a great honor for me to announce that my administration is issuing two groundbreaking rules to very dramatically lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people, especially for our cherished seniors… The first action will save American seniors billions of dollars by preventing middlemen […]
10/13/2020
DRUGS: “Let’s be clear about this. Donald Trump has tried for almost four years, he says he wants to lower the drug price. Okay? But he hadn’t done a single thing to do it. In fact, the House of Representatives passed a bill that Debbie supported that would bring down prescription drug costs across the […]
10/2/2020
DRUGS/MEDICARE: “We’ll take on the pharmaceutical companies with a plan that slashes the cost of prescription drugs for up to 60%. Medicare will be able to negotiate prices for drugs fundamentally lowering those prices.” -Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Speech LIVE from Grand Rapids, Michigan | Joe Biden For President 2020,” YouTube.com, Oct. 2, 2020 […]
9/29/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE: “I’m cutting drug prices. I’m going with Favored Nations, which no President has the courage to do because you’re going against big pharma. Drug prices will be coming down 80 or 90%. You could have done it during your 47 year period in government, but you didn’t do it. Nobody’s done it. So we’re […]
9/25/2020
DRUGS: “We’re the largest purchaser of prescription drugs by far in the world and I instituted what we call a favored nations clause, where we will pay the same price as the nation that pays the lowest price in the world. In addition to that, I instituted a rebate clause, where we get the rebates […]
9/13/2020
DRUGS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS/HEALTHCARE: “President Trump signed an executive order Sunday [Sep. 13, 2020] that he says lowers prescription drug prices ‘by putting America first,’ but experts said the move is unlikely to have any immediate impact. The action comes nearly two months after the president signed a different executive order with the exact same name but […]
9/13/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “It is the policy of the United States that the Medicare program should not pay more for costly Part B or Part D prescription drugs or biological products than the most-favored-nation price.” -Donald Trump, “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First,” govinfo.gov, Sep 13, 2020 [Note: Read the full Executive Order signed […]
8/24/2020
DRUGS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “President Trump has made his executive order tying prescription drug prices in the United States to the prices paid in Europe and other developed nations — and the ensuing war that has broken out with the pharmaceutical industry — a centerpiece of his campaign for re-election. The problem: No such executive order has […]
8/18/2020
DRUGS: “I signed a favored nations clause on drugs… I also signed a rebate clause… where the rebate goes to the people. There’s never been anything like this. And as a nonpolitician, I can do it. And I will tell you, I was called by a lot of politicians that I was surprised at, literally […]
8/6/2020
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I said, the other day, ‘Whenever you see a drug company advertising that Donald Trump is a bad guy, remember: Your drug prices must be coming down very big. Very big.’… So I have a lot of enemies out there. This may be the last time you’ll see me for a while. […]
8/3/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE: “We are working very hard also on prescription drug prices. And I will tell you that the favored nations clause that I’ve signed into existence — nobody thought anybody would ever do that — has a massive impact on prescription drug prices… For instance, if Germany buys a pill for 10 cents a pill, […]
8/2/2020
DRUGS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS/MEDICARE: “A lot of people would go up to Canada to buy their drugs because the prices were — for the exact same drug were much, much less, 50%, 60% much less and people would go there. Other countries have it even better than Canada, where they’re a fraction of the cost. So we […]
7/31/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve signed four acts — we’ll call it executive orders — and they’re the most powerful ever signed in this industry by a factor of about 20. And it’s going to bring your drug prices down to a level that you’ve never seen before… The drug companies don’t contribute to my campaign. […]
7/27/2020
DACA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The drug prices in our country will be coming down very substantially. I was given that right because of the DACA decision. The DACA decision allowed me to do things that some people thought the President didn’t have the right to do. I was given that right. Drug prices will be coming […]
7/24/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “Permitting the Importation of Safe Prescription Drugs from Other Countries. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, take action to expand safe access to lower-cost imported prescription drugs.” -Donald Trump, “Increasing Drug Importation To Lower Prices for American Patients,” govinfo.gov, July 24, 2020 [Note: […]
7/24/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “One of the reasons pharmaceutical drug prices in the United States are so high is because of the complex mix of payers and negotiators that often separates the consumer from the manufacturer in the drug-purchasing process… It is the policy of the United States that discounts offered on prescription drugs should be passed […]
7/24/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “It is the policy of the United States that the Medicare program should not pay more for costly Part B prescription drugs or biological products than the most-favored-nation price.” -Donald Trump, “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First,” govinfo.gov, July 24, 2020 [Note: Read the full Executive Order signed by Donald Trump.] […]
7/24/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “The four orders that I’m signing today will completely restructure the prescription drug market… The first order will require federal community health centers to pass the giant discounts they receive from drug companies on insulin and EpiPens directly to their patients… The second executive order… will finally allow the safe and legal importation […]
7/24/2020
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “So today, I’m taking a bold and historic, very dramatic action to reduce the price of prescription drugs for American patients and American seniors… I’m signing four sweeping executive orders that will lead to massive reduction in drug costs. Massive. We’ve already gotten them down a little bit, but that’s not good […]