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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    What are you trying to say?? trump don't know the details???
    Pelosi and Obama didn't have a clue what Obamacare was; did you cry about the details then?

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    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    pls attempt to reply to the OP....
    oh, sorry.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    oh, sorry.....
    A Michigan forest sweeper, to clean up after a good raking??
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    something to sweep away garbage seemed appropriate to the OP......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    It is a dumb idea.

    What price are they going to publicize? WAC? What a pharmaceutical company charges a wholesaler has no bearing on what you pay. Every insurance plan is different with different out of pocket copays

    Newsflash there is not one common chronic disease that can’t be treated with an inexpensive generic drug.

    True story bro

    Now cue the sob stories trying to argue some “exception”. Bring it on bitches. But I warn you. You don’t want to duck with me on this. Also make sure you read what I wrote very carefully before you jump in the deep end.
    My wife has leukemia and one of her many drugs is Gleevec which is a mere 100 K a year. Your drug comment is wrong. Lots of people have to cut their pills in half because they can not afford to use them as prescribed. We have a very serious problem in America due to prescription prices. We pay by far the highest drug prices in the world. I live in Michigan and many Detroiters cross over the bridge or use the tunnel and buy drugs at much lower prices in Canada. You just have to lie about why you went there to customs.
    America has the highest prices, but they don't make them here. PHARM is outrageously wealthy with incredible profits. They don't care about the health of the people. They just want your money.
    Medicare is prohibited from asking drug companies to compete for their purchasing. That allows them to charge top dollar and make max profits off taxpayers Our system sucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    My wife has leukemia and one of her many drugs is Gleevec which is a mere 100 K a year. Your drug comment is wrong. Lots of people have to cut their pills in half because they can not afford to use them as prescribed. We have a very serious problem in America due to prescription prices. We pay by far the highest drug prices in the world. I live in Michigan and many Detroiters cross over the bridge or use the tunnel and buy drugs at much lower prices in Canada. You just have to lie about why you went there to customs.
    America has the highest prices, but they don't make them here. PHARM is outrageously wealthy with incredible profits. They don't care about the health of the people. They just want your money.
    Medicare is prohibited from asking drug companies to compete for their purchasing. That allows them to charge top dollar and make max profits off taxpayers Our system sucks.
    the question people should be asking is why obama didnt make a rule like this before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    the question people should be asking is why obama didnt make a rule like this before.
    He was not able to. The ACA forced him to cooperate with Pharma and hospitals. He would not have gotten it through if he took them on. Dealing with PHARM was in the future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    My wife has leukemia and one of her many drugs is Gleevec which is a mere 100 K a year. Your drug comment is wrong. Lots of people have to cut their pills in half because they can not afford to use them as prescribed. We have a very serious problem in America due to prescription prices. We pay by far the highest drug prices in the world. I live in Michigan and many Detroiters cross over the bridge or use the tunnel and buy drugs at much lower prices in Canada. You just have to lie about why you went there to customs.
    America has the highest prices, but they don't make them here. PHARM is outrageously wealthy with incredible profits. They don't care about the health of the people. They just want your money.
    Medicare is prohibited from asking drug companies to compete for their purchasing. That allows them to charge top dollar and make max profits off taxpayers Our system sucks.
    Sorry to hear about your wife's illness...

    That is totally outrageous..

    Next President Should Attack Drug Prices, Obama Says in JAMA
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    July 11, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT Updated on July 11, 2016, 4:47 PM PDT
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    the question people should be asking is why obama didnt make a rule like this before.
    I was very disappointed in him & his party for going along w/ the lobbyist..

    IMHO it is emblematic of the party & the abandonment of traditional dems, working & middle class Americans...
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    This rule is Trump's bread crumbs thrown at us to make us think the administration is trying to do something about the insanity of American pharmaceutical prices.
    What, exactly, is wrong with his idea? We all know you irrationally hate him and would oppose him if he cured cancer, but seriously, what is exactly wrong with this idea?

    If Obama wanted this you would be all for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    the point is not really to inform consumers. Consumers get like 0 viable information from this. The point is to shame the company into lowering prices. No one wants to put an ad saying they charge 20000 per pill or something.

    I support this.
    That is stupid. Shame them into lowering prices?

    Don’t buy their product if you think it is too expensive


    That is leftist talk. Don’t be a leftist

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    My wife has leukemia and one of her many drugs is Gleevec which is a mere 100 K a year. Your drug comment is wrong. Lots of people have to cut their pills in half because they can not afford to use them as prescribed. We have a very serious problem in America due to prescription prices. We pay by far the highest drug prices in the world. I live in Michigan and many Detroiters cross over the bridge or use the tunnel and buy drugs at much lower prices in Canada. You just have to lie about why you went there to customs.
    America has the highest prices, but they don't make them here. PHARM is outrageously wealthy with incredible profits. They don't care about the health of the people. They just want your money.
    Medicare is prohibited from asking drug companies to compete for their purchasing. That allows them to charge top dollar and make max profits off taxpayers Our system sucks.
    Your wife could take chlorambucil or cyclophosphamide for her CLL. They are cheaper. I just saved you $99,000 a year

    Of course Gleevic has increased the survival rate of CLL, but let’s not quibble about such trivialities. You want cheap drugs. I just provided you two alternatives.

    Good luck with your cheap drugs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gonzomin View Post
    My wife has leukemia and one of her many drugs is Gleevec which is a mere 100 K a year. Your drug comment is wrong. Lots of people have to cut their pills in half because they can not afford to use them as prescribed. We have a very serious problem in America due to prescription prices. We pay by far the highest drug prices in the world. I live in Michigan and many Detroiters cross over the bridge or use the tunnel and buy drugs at much lower prices in Canada. You just have to lie about why you went there to customs.
    America has the highest prices, but they don't make them here. PHARM is outrageously wealthy with incredible profits. They don't care about the health of the people. They just want your money.
    Medicare is prohibited from asking drug companies to compete for their purchasing. That allows them to charge top dollar and make max profits off taxpayers Our system sucks.
    The cost of an Epipen for those who have severe allergic reactions is another example of pharm and capitalism run amuck. The other disgusting thing about Epipen pricing is that it was originally developed and paid for with taxpayer funds, then one company was given exclusive rights to market it.

    I am sorry to hear of your wife's struggle. I hope that she will be well again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    What, exactly, is wrong with his idea? We all know you irrationally hate him and would oppose him if he cured cancer, but seriously, what is exactly wrong with this idea?

    If Obama wanted this you would be all for it.
    Obama wanted Medicare to be able to negotiate drug prices. Where do you see this in the Toadstool's sop to the base? A typical TV commercial for some prescription drug runs 30 seconds. The first 25 are devoted to how wonderful the drug is, how it will make your life SO much better. The last five rush through the adverse side effects. Let's tack on the pricing: "Now only $17.59 per dose!" How is that going to affect anything? Ppl know their insurance will cover it. Many consumers, including most of the Toadstool's followers, are not smart enough to understand that pharmaceutical prices are driving the outrageous premiums we pay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Obama wanted Medicare to be able to negotiate drug prices. Where do you see this in the Toadstool's sop to the base? A typical TV commercial for some prescription drug runs 30 seconds. The first 25 are devoted to how wonderful the drug is, how it will make your life SO much better. The last five rush through the adverse side effects. Let's tack on the pricing: "Now only $17.59 per dose!" How is that going to affect anything? Ppl know their insurance will cover it. Many consumers, including most of the Toadstool's followers, are not smart enough to understand that pharmaceutical prices are driving the outrageous premiums we pay.
    Huge part of it & they laugh all the way to the bank........

    Neither party has gone to bat for the American ppl-very, very sad........
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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