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Coming out of the meeting, Cummings said Trump was "enthusiastic" about targeting drug prices.
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As part of the meeting, Cummings and Welch showed Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a draft of a new bill, titled "The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017." Cummings said in a release that he had asked the president for feedback and support on the bill
http://www.businessinsider.com/elijah-cummings-meeting-with-donald-trump-about-drug-prices-2017-3
On CNN Cummings and Welch were happy - trump was clear and open and understanding to his and Sanders proposal to lower drug prices - "get it done" to Priebus/Price(?).
Vinca
(50,318 posts)Tell the people what they want to hear, they go on TV and say nice things, then do whatever the hell you want.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)I do not believe for a second his talk with Trump made any difference. Trump is just not capable of being honorable no matter how much ass kissing you do.
HAB911
(8,922 posts)President Bannon/Trump were slapping each other's back LTAO
jmg257
(11,996 posts)http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-drug-costs-20170202-story.html
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Cummings is a fool to think that anything Trumpy says has merit.
Watch what he DOES, Elijah.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Pharma companies were "getting away with murder," he said on Jan. 10, because they "had a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power." A few weeks later, he claimed that the government would save $300 billion if it could negotiate prices.
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Back to Tuesday's meeting: Trump goes into it as powerful as he'll ever be. The executives are scared of him (What if he tweets?!). The Republicans in Congress want to mollify him so they can get their tax cuts. Although executives and Republicans alike oppose empowering CMS to negotiate drug prices, it's possible -- it really is! -- that he could make it happen if he moves quickly.
"We have to get prices down," he says at the beginning of the meeting with cameras rolling. "We have no choice."
Then the doors were closed. When they opened again, Trump had not only abandoned his promise to use the government's bargaining power to bring down drug prices, he was now totally against it!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-drug-costs-20170202-story.html
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tblue37
(65,495 posts)He will say the exact opposite to the next audience, if that is what they want to hear.
atreides1
(16,094 posts)I always thought of him as being an intelligent person, able to see beneath the facade that someone like Trump exudes???
Guess he's not as smart as I thought he was!!!