I didn’t care WHO did it, but for more than a decade I wanted SOMEONE to take on Pharma. This is going to be intense and interesting. Generally speaking, it is my belief that the more a politician is bought by pharma, the more they will fight this. I once naively canvased for Bernie Sanders, for instance. I predict Sanders will support the idea that Pharma should be allowed to keep ripping off Americans via absurdly high Medicare reimbursement rates. BTW, the equivalent of the asthma inhaler I buy (with insurance) for $80 can be bought in Turkey, Lebanon and Spain (without insurance) for about $2.

Trump:

… I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history. Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be REDUCED, almost immediately, by 30% to 80%. They will rise throughout the World in order to equalize and, for the first time in many years, bring FAIRNESS TO AMERICA! | will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World. Our Country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare Costs will be reduced by numbers never even thought of before. Additionally, on top of everything else, the United States will save TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS…