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Fisher: Trump talked a big game about taking on Big Pharma, but of course, TACO. Raccoon: President Trump is taking decisive action! Fisher: But then Trump probably got what he and his people wanted, while lying to the public about what they were trying to do, such that it appears to be a loss. Raccoon: President Trump has been relentless in his effort to address the unfair and outrageous prices Americans pay for prescription drugs! Fisher: Of course Trump will call this a success. Raccoon: In a way, he's telling the truth, isn't he?

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I find it entirely plausible, actually, that American consumers are subsidizing the rest of the world by paying much more for pharmaceuticals than any of them are, in a way making it possible for other countries to have socialized medicine while we wallow in stagnant insurance pools and get bankrupted by emergency room visits. Looked at that way, the insistence of many progressives that other countries have solved the problem of healthcare seems disingenuous. It doesn't help that other countries, for example the UK, are constantly trying to destroy their own socialized medicine systems, because they have right-wing assholes just like we do.

I do not, however, find it entirely plausible that Donald Trump has any interest whatsoever in decreasing drug prices for Americans, a fact which is made clear by the odious TrumpRx scam plan with Pfizer, which will do approximately nothing to lower drug prices for anyone.

So what did Trump and his cronies extract for their win? I don't know. I'm guessing it's more donations for the Presidential library, or maybe another plane, or possibly just big old campaign donations. It'll come out eventually, and it'll go nowhere, just like all the other corruption.