He points to places like the UK having lower costs. But they have actual national healthcare and are really driven to force pharma companies to cut shit. Also doesn’t do anything to address the issue of our private for-profit system rewarding everything costing more.
There were some great months for people being approved for much more after that United Healthcare fuck got got. But would have been even better if the same happened to pharma CEOs at the same time. Toss in some of the big name board members/share holders too. As they were the ones that started getting pissy about profits being lower due to insurance companies freaking out about maybe being next.
But all these tariff things only do a speed run of continuing to attack the wrong problem (just like how both parties have always done). Companies that do end-up setting up USA manufacturing will still charge more than before the tariffs (just less in order to have people “feel” better at any small reduction). Will pull the same shit of blaming “higher cost of having to pay USA workers” and/or the good old “need to recoup costs” (both will be what they WILL most certainly use when they scale down these new USA based manufacturing after Trump is out). Would imagine it is still more profitable to pay for the Potemkin buildings and machines for appearing to comply.
Only Trump will know which company gets to insider trade ahead of public announcements for new facility construction. It’s all a con, and drug prices will surge as tariffs get passed down to us Americans with empty wallets.
Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers will drop coverage for essential life-saving medications they currently guarantee, while non-critical drugs will begin vanishing from coverage lists across the board.
God help anyone without insurance. It’s a complete disaster, and Trump’s already raking in billions a month off the American people. Another day another grift.
A bullet in his head
Finally
Picking through the lead, who knows?
Anxiety
So one more in his eye, and now
I can breathe
Just push him off the ledge.– Nine is God, Wavves
