Trump Signs Four MAJOR Executive Orders to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

It certainly does appear that prescription drugs have become increasingly expensive.

And one of President Trump’s core campaign promises was to lower the cost of these drugs.

Something the Democrats promised and failed to do with Obamacare.

Consider President Trump’s promise kept, as he recently signed four executive orders to lower the cost of prescription drugs!

Here’s the report from Reuters on Trump’s orders:

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at lowering the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs, as he faces an uphill re-election battle and criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump has previously proposed most of the changes made by the executive orders he signed on Friday, but this is the first time they have made it into signed executive orders.

One order would allow for the legal importation of cheaper prescription drugs from countries like Canada, while another would require discounts from drug companies now captured by middlemen to be passed on to patients, Trump said.

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Another measure seeks to lower insulin costs while a fourth, which may not be implemented if talks with drug companies are successful, would require Medicare to purchase drugs at the same price that other countries pay, Trump said.

Executives of top drug companies have requested a meeting to discuss how they can lower drug prices, the president said.

“We will see what those discussions indicate but the agency is prepared to move forward,” said Medicare chief Seema Verma.

The orders received swift pushback from the pharmaceutical industry. The move was “a reckless distraction that impedes our ability to respond to the current pandemic – and those we could face in the future,” Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said in a statement.

The President announced his move via Facebook in the following post:

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