'The American people need this': Democrats urge Trump and progressives to support plan to lower drug costs

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If Democrats hope to succeed in their plan someday becoming law, they must navigate the criticism and address the concerns levied by Republicans, Trump and even some of their own members about how to address raising drug prices.

Pelosi said that in talks with the president, she believed lowering the cost of prescription drugs is one of few subject matters where the two political foes can find common ground.

House Republicans, however, were quick to decry their Democratic counterparts' prescription drug plan as"more socialism," categorizing it as"total government control" and accusing Democrats of keeping it safeguarded and barred from bipartisan input until they were ready to unveil it to the public. For the drug companies who refuse to play ball with the federal government and negotiate a fair price based on the proposal's outline, they'd face an excise tax starting at 65 percent of the pharmaceutical manufacturer's annual gross sales, growing by an additional 10 percent every quarter. The maximum tax would be 95 percent of annual gross sales.

 

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We don’t need Trump to endorse, he is about to be impeached.

So this is negotiating $ with Medicare. Does that negotiated price apply to all drugs sales. Or are they doing us up again.

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Yawn. Apparently, SpeakerPelosi thinks if she doesn't push for impeachment Trump will sign her bills and everyone will be happy in la-la land. The HouseDemocrats are a JOKE! HouseBlueDogs USProgressives JusticeDems The 135 caucus members should make demands on leadership!

But that would cut into profits........

He put a plan out and they ignored it but ok

repeal the bush era acts that created the enviroment for this crap to happen, bet not a single dem even brings that up

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