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bucolic_frolic

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4. "A lot of drug companies aren't American" so we will pay much more for their products

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 03:21 PM

17 hrs ago

and won't be able to afford the drugs we need. This is handing pharmaceutical research to foreign companies. We are surrendering our competitive edge yet again.

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Exclusive: Lutnick says Trump will force drugmakers to lower prices [View all] BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP

The drug companies are today's extortion targets. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #1

Kind of hard to argue with lowering drug prices, we've been clamoring about our prices being higher for decades. Now, Silent Type 17 hrs ago #2

"A lot of drug companies aren't American" so we will pay much more for their products bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #4

Free market Republicans using the power of government to coerce outcomes bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #3

Are we great yet? Soon? Two weeks? Next year? 2029? Never? twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #5

So..... Bayard 16 hrs ago #6

Yes, you have it right. SharonAnn 10 hrs ago #15

Is this like when he lowered the price of Insulin? LiberalArkie 16 hrs ago #7

So we can expect a large increase in drug prices. You betcha' twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #8

And if they don't, we won't approve your new drugs. scipan 15 hrs ago #9

The only place where I haven't seen the price go up tavernier 15 hrs ago #10

Sure...to the HUGE Corporations that buy drugs wholesale. Everyone else gets double fucked Bengus81 14 hrs ago #11

After Big Pharma raises pricesx5 they will concede a 3 percent drop Ford_Prefect 11 hrs ago #12

I don't think it will work. Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #13

Yeah, right. Trump said it so it must be true. Martin68 11 hrs ago #14

Not sure I understand kwolf68 10 hrs ago #16