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    Trump's HHS Sec Boosted Drug Prices

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    President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that his nominee for HHS secretary, Alex Azar will “be a star for … lower drug prices!” But the record of the former top executive for Eli Lilly, which tripled the price of a top-selling insulin drug while he led its U.S. operation, suggests a different story.

    Lilly is one of three drug companies targeted by a class-action lawsuit that accuses the company, then under Azar’s watch, of exploiting the drug pricing system to ensure higher profit for insulin and has been fined in Mexico for colluding on the pricing of the drug.

    Azar, who spent almost a decade at Eli Lilly, rising to become president of the drug giant’s U.S. operations before leaving earlier this year, doesn’t deny drug costs are a consumer issue. But his record there and as a top official in George W. Bush’s administration suggests he’s unlikely to push pricing policies that would hit pharmaceutical companies’ pocketbooks.
    This is the trouble with cronyism in our government. It causes no end of problems.
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    This nominee is clearly a poor choice. It doesn't say much for Trump's judgement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    This nominee is clearly a poor choice. It doesn't say much for Trump's judgement.
    Trump has judgment?
    One can be sure that he who says he knows knows nothing

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    lol.
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    I seriously wouldn't be surprised if Trump nominated Rush Limbaugh to HHS secretary.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
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    This is the trouble with cronyism in our government. It causes no end of problems.

    Drugs prices were already going to increase significantly prior to Trump getting elected because pain medication is now tightly controlled and sales have reduced significantly.
    Last edited by barb012; 11-15-2017 at 11:31 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barb012 View Post
    Drugs prices were already going to increase significantly prior to Trump getting elected because pain medication is now tightly controlled and sales have reduced significantly.
    Sure. Now he’s opted to have the fox guard the henhouse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Safety View Post
    I seriously wouldn't be surprised if Trump nominated Rush Limbaugh to HHS secretary.
    That would be great, but I doubt Rush would accept the pay cut.
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