Tag Archives: Drug Prices

Trump: I will “Negotiate Like Crazy”

Posted on January 14, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

  https://www.27east.com/east-hampton-press/choosing-sides-1666846/ Letter printed in the East Hampton and Southampton Press, Jan 6, 2020: Choosing Sides Donald Trump has repeatedly proposed to allow Medicare to “negotiate like crazy” on prescription drugs. Now, he is backtracking. Was this all showmanship? He … Continue reading →

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Why are Drug Prices Going Through the Roof?

Posted on December 1, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

By Francesca Rheannon, Journalist Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon, Producer and Host Twitter Accounts: @WritersVoice On Facebook & LinkedIn http://www.writersvoice.net/2017/11/wendell-potter-gerald-friedman/ Why are drug prices going through the roof? We talk with Wendell Potter about Big Pharma and what his new investigative journalism site, Tarbell, is … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: White House Task Force Echoes Pharma Proposals

Posted on June 20, 2017 by bcolbath42

KAISER HEALTH FOUNDATION By Emily Kopp June 16, 2017 President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) President Donald Trump repeatedly talks tough about reining in the pharmaceutical … Continue reading →

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Tom Price Bought Drug Stocks. Then He Pushed Pharma’s Agenda in Australia.

Posted on June 1, 2017 by bcolbath42

Before he was named Trump’s health secretary, Price took a congressional trip to Australia and pressed officials to extend protections for drug companies in an international trade agreement. by Robert Faturechi ProPublica, June 1, 2017, 8 a.m. Then-Rep. Tom Price, … Continue reading →

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