of this reckless administration. Worrisome.

I’m not sure that these price increases weren’t actually tacitly agreed to by the GOP Senate and House members beforehand. The way it works is that Pharma charges very high prices for all their new drugs, but also any drug that a patient might need to save their life. The GOP does not care about people that can’t afford to pay huge sums of money for diseases we have treatments for. It’s why they despise the ACA and Medicaid. A dead cost - as in patient with needs - to the system, even at the state level, is a welcome thing. They only thing that is stopping them is that they still need some live people to vote for them. If that changes, expect no state or the feds - as Trump was saying the other day - to have money to spend on any health care at all.

Part of my clientele were captive counsel for insurance companies.
I got to know some of these attorneys pretty well.
Late 80's early 90's, HMO's became the game.
There was a push by Congress to establish a simple healthcare boilerplate.
The insurance companies countered if they had to sell basic full coverage plans they could not offer the coverage because they would lose money. They relied on selling various programs to increase their ability to provide coverage. I'm being simplistic.
They got away with it then and continue to do so.

It’s all talk and self-promoting hype. Always has been, always will be. Feed his ego and make him think he’s winning, then fleece him right under his own nose.