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Hugh_Lebowski

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2. Trump didn't support what Dems do ... he wanted to be able to order some lower prices himself

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:58 AM

Oct 2021

So he could take the credit and have people say nice things about him.

I don't ever remember his saying he wanted Medicare administrators to have price negotiation rights. Could be I forget, but ...

It was almost certainly also a shakedown for donations to his campaign from Big Pharma.

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A 30-Year Campaign to Control Drug Prices Faces Yet Another Failure [View all] bluewater Oct 2021 OP

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