Political Quotes

“I just came from speaking with several Americans about how TrumpCare would affect them. Universally, these folks were scared. They are worried their costs will go up. They are worried their benefits will go down. One of the concerns that came up, an issue that is on the minds of many Americans, was the high cost of drug prices. During the campaign, the President talked the talk on drug prices. As President-elect, he said in December he would ``bring down drug prices.'' In January, he said pharmaceutical companies were ``getting away with murder.'' He repeated the refrain in his joint address to Congress last week. ``We should,'' he said, ``work to bring down the artificially high price of drugs and bring them down immediately.'' Immediately. Well, the immediate is here. TrumpCare, the repeal and replacement of the ACA, has been introduced. TrumpCare does absolutely nothing to address the high cost of drugs. In fact, drug prices might start going up faster. Once again, the President is talking the talk, talking like a populist, but not walking the walk, not helping average Americans. He is helping the wealthy, special interests but not the average folks he was talking to during the campaign. The President met with a couple of Congressmen yesterday and talked about drug prices. Why not put something in TrumpCare? Why not let them negotiate, bring down costs? Instead, TrumpCare does the opposite.…”