Wow. It's really bad when you're too crooked for Big Pharma.

[catbyte]

Link to tweet

NEW: A major deal to lower drug costs collapsed when drug companies balked at a WH demand they pay for $100 cash cards (aka Trump Cards) to be mailed to seniors before November.
Via @jmartNYT & @maggieNYT

[Thekaspervote]

1. Good!! The drug companies have no reason to back down..no loss of revenue for them

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Trump basically wanted the drug companies to pay for bribes

to get seniors to vote for him. I doubt that's even legal.

[soothsayer]

3. Mrs. K weighs in too

Link to tweet

?s=21


Mrs. Krassenstein
@HKrassenstein
BREAKING: Trump wanted Pharma Companies to pay for and send seniors $100 "Trump Cards" prior to the election as part of a Drug Price deal. The Drug industry backed out over it.

The funny thing is, I actually have a "Trump card" from his bankrupt Taj Mahal Casino. Idiot!

[leftieNanner]

4. Another Deal that Mark Meadows Blew Up!

That's all he knows how to do. And I bet he's proud of himself.

So they could have had a good deal that would have given IT's administration something positive to give the American people. Instead Ass Face's tremendous EGO got in the way.

Trump Cards.

[Faux pas]

5. I've

been shaking my head so hard for so long I'm surprised it's still attached. EFFERS

[BusyBeingBest]

6. It's striking to see the insanely cynical "throw a few bucks at them" election ploys

coming out every day now from the WH Clown Show. I mean, I fully expected slimy schemes to buy votes, but it's still so insulting and disturbing.

[Srkdqltr]

7. $100 is a drop in the bucket.

[gratuitous]

9. For a pharmaceutical company, yes

But for a lot of Americans in this allegedly great Trumpian economy, a hundred bucks would be a lifeline. This was nothing more than a stab at a cheap bribe.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Yes, but that's not the point.

For low-income seniors $100 isn't a drop in the bucket at all, but the problem isn't the amount; it's that this demand for a bribe blew up the whole deal.

[Srkdqltr]

11. A one time $100 for meds is absolutely nothing for a lot of people.

It is a total nothing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Again, you're missing the point.

For a senior whose sole income is Social Security (and that benefit can be as little as $41.90 a month), or if they don't even get it at all, $100 can be a lot of money. But the specific amount isn't the point. The point is the crass attempt at a bribe.

[BKDem]

8. So fucking Trumpian.

What an asshole.

[Skittles]

13. exactly what I thought, catbyte

since when has big pharma been against grift and influencing elections? WTF.