President Trump is scheduled to make an announcement this afternoon reportedly on prescription drug costs and a cope with Pfizer.
Per the Hill:
“President Trump is doing extra to decrease healthcare prices than anybody else in Washington, D.C. Whereas Democrats are threatening to close down the federal authorities to subsidize well being look after unlawful aliens, President Trump is leveraging the ability of the federal authorities to drastically reduce drug costs for on a regular basis Individuals,” White Home spokesperson Kush Desai advised The Hill in a press release forward of the feedback.
Desai added, “Democrats talked the discuss for many years about drug costs, however solely President Trump is definitely strolling the stroll.”
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt also teased TrumpRx in a put up on Reality Social — a “direct-to-consumer web site for Individuals to purchase medication.”
The president’s remarks additionally come because the government faces a looming shutdown — and as Democrats stand their floor on wanting the GOP to address Inexpensive Care Act subsidies and Medicaid cuts — and after his speech alongside Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth to a big gathering of navy leaders.
Trump additionally previewed his announcement moments earlier than the Oval Workplace tackle, telling reporters that prescription drug costs are “coming approach down.”
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