It Appears That Most Of Congress Is Upset That Trump Is Slashing The Costs Of Prescription Drugs

[mudwhistle]

If you want to know who is taking bribes from Big Pharma....just look at how they've reacted to Trump signing an EO to reduce the costs of drugs.

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[1srelluc]

Big Pharma needs to be kicked-off the public airwaves too.

I can't find it now but I read where Big Pharma's up to 2 minute ad spots are so crowding the prime network and cable market that other advertisers can't even get a 30 second spot in without paying a fortune for them.

I guess that's what has happened to the old (and often entertaining) ads we used to love.


Nobody like Big Pharma ads.

Top TV programs for Rx ads: Nearly half (48%) of household TV ad impressions for prescription drug brands were split between ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, ION, MSNBC, and NBC.

Drug ads were most prevalent on cable news, re-runs of popular dramas and game shows, and special event programming.

Pharma companies increase ad spending on linear TV despite declining viewership on the platform

Rx advertising surges on linear TV: We examine the top TV programs for drug ads and explore why pharma marketers are still investing in linear TV amid declining viewership.

www.emarketer.com

 

[TNHarley]

Its hilarious how trump snaps his fingers, and all of a sudden, the "conservatives" are all about price fixing.
Kamala talked about doing that with food, and you guys practically gave yourselves strokes.

 

[Oddball]

Big Pharma needs to be kicked-off the public airwaves too.

I can't find it now but I read where Big Pharma's up to 2 minute ad spots are so crowding the prime network and cable market that other advertisers can't even get a 30 second spot in without paying a fortune for them.

I guess that's what has happened to the old (and often entertaining) ads we used to love.


Nobody like Big Pharma ads.

The cable "news" networks would be test patterns.

 

[mudwhistle]

Its hilarious how trump snaps his fingers, and all of a sudden, the "conservatives" are all about price fixing.
Kamala talked about doing that with food, and you guys practically gave yourselves strokes.

There's a difference between price fixing and lowering tariffs.

 

[TNHarley]

There's a difference between price fixing and lowering tariffs.

This isnt about tariffs.
This is about fixing prices of drugs sold in this country.
Instead of doing the actual "conservative" thing(de-regulate the government by opening up the free market and allowing people to buy meds from outside US.) he price fixes. Which is what kamala ran on doing for food.

 

[Oddball]

This isnt about tariffs.
This is about fixing prices of drugs sold in this country.
Instead of doing the actual "conservative" thing(de-regulate the government by opening up the free market and allowing people to buy meds from outside US.) he price fixes. Which is what kamala ran on doing for food.

Though I disapprove as you do, it appears that this action is being used as a forcing function to get PigPharm to the negotiating table.

As we both recognize, the costs are a symptom of BigPharm abuses of the system and the people, not the cause.

 

[mudwhistle]

This isnt about tariffs.
This is about fixing prices of drugs sold in this country.
Instead of doing the actual "conservative" thing(de-regulate the government by opening up the free market and allowing people to buy meds from outside US.) he price fixes. Which is what kamala ran on doing for food.

If you want to wait on congress to do their job.....hope you have plenty of spare time.

Trump can't wait on congress.

Any more stupid comments?

 

[Hellokitty]

"Dollar store Obama"

 

[Oddball]

If you want to wait on congress to do their job.....hope you have plenty of spare time.

Trump can't wait on congress.

Any more stupid comments?

He's not stupid, he's correct in principle...Price controls are a dumb idea that never work.

But you are also correct in that congress is absolutely useless at best, if not entirely bought off.

 

[1srelluc]

Its hilarious how trump snaps his fingers, and all of a sudden, the "conservatives" are all about price fixing.
Kamala talked about doing that with food, and you guys practically gave yourselves strokes.

I guess there is nothing saying that Big Pharma can't charge more for their drugs overseas.

As best as I can tell if they charge $100 for a pill overseas then they can charge $100 here.

Now if an overseas .gov wants to subsidize that cost that's on them.

 

[mudwhistle]

He's not stupid, he's correct in principle...Price controls are a dumb idea that never work.

But you are also correct in that congress is absolutely useless at best, if not entirely bought off.

I wasn't talking about price controls to begin with.

And claiming this is price controls is just plain stupid.

If you think it is....then you've bought the lies of the MSM.

Ask yourself why a drug costs $80 in the UK but costs over a thousand in the United States.

 

[TNHarley]

Though I disapprove as you do, it appears that this action is being used as a forcing function to get PigPharm to the negotiating table.

As we both recognize, the costs are a symptom of BigPharm abuses of the system and the people, not the cause.

Of course. I mean I understand why, I just dont agree with it. Especially since he has absolutely zero authority to do this.
But if someone were to challenge this, they would be thrown into a viper pit. lol

 

[Rambunctious]

Gee I wonder where the dems get all their dark money from....

 

[Hellokitty]

This isnt about tariffs.
This is about fixing prices of drugs sold in this country.
Instead of doing the actual "conservative" thing(de-regulate the government by opening up the free market and allowing people to buy meds from outside US.) he price fixes. Which is what kamala ran on doing for food.

It's about not letting the US continue to get ripped off by Pharma.

 

[TNHarley]

If you want to wait on congress to do their job.....hope you have plenty of spare time.

Trump can't wait on congress.

Any more stupid comments?

Neither have authority to price fix.

 

[TNHarley]

As best as I can tell if they charge $100 for a pill overseas then they can charge $100 here.

Thats the gist of it, from what I can tell.

 

[Maxdeath]

While I do not think that price fixing is a good idea, I hope this is just another of Trumps let’s negotiate schemes.
But I do admit I am laughing at the democrats. To say they are crazy is an understatement. They were all in on dropping drug prices. They cheered when Biden dropped the price of insulin. But they go completely off the rails if Trump suggests dropping drug prices. It is utterly hilarious

 

[TNHarley]

I wasn't talking about price controls to begin with.

And claiming this is price controls is just plain stupid.

If you think it is....then you've bought the lies of the MSM.

Ask yourself why a drug that costs $80 in the UK but costs over a thousand in the United States.

Its literally price control.

 

[mudwhistle]

Thats the gist of it, from what I can tell.

Well the gist you can tell isn't the real gist.