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Why would that appeal to Donald Trump? It would hurt the profits of the drug industry in America which will cost jobs, pharma execs will tell him how bad this i

Why would that appeal to Donald Trump? It would hurt the profits of the drug industry in America which will cost jobs, pharma execs will tell him how bad this is for America and how harmful it is to drug R&D, etc etc. Donald Trump may have campaigned as a negotiator for the common man but he identifies with CEOs, anything that hurts them is not something that appeals to him.

dv_dt 10y ago
The high price of medical care costs lives as well as jobs in other industries...
- frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
  That didn't stop him from trying to repeal Obamacare. I personally think we should institute drug price controls for many reasons including that one but I'm not sure why we are thinking that Donald Trump is going to do it.
  - dv_dt 10y ago
    I don't know why Donald Trump does anything. But, I do think he's is of an unknown position in this particular area - so given that we have a problem in the US, and that Trump maybe doesn't have a defined position on the issue, it doesn't hurt to chase the possibility. (On the other hand if I'm just guessing with low-data: the chance does seems low).
  - throwawaydp535 10y ago
    Given that Obamacare insurance premiums are spiraling out of control, it's unclear why you're holding that up as an example of affordable healthcare.
RcouF1uZ4gsC 10y ago
This may not actually hurt the profits of the drug industry, because they would probably renegotiate their prices with the other countries. Right now, as long as the cost of what they charge to country is basically their marginal cost of production, they don't have much incentive to oppose the negotiation. Now, they can say that because they have to charge the same to the US, the other countries will have to pay more, or not get the drug. Thus, this has the potential to be revenue neutral for the drug companies while spreading out the cost more fairly
throwawaydp535 10y ago
> Donald Trump may have campaigned as a negotiator for the common man but he identifies with CEOs, anything that hurts them is not something that appeals to him. Do you have any primary sources you can link to prove this assertion?
white-flame 10y ago
I think he means it would appeal to his political narrative of Americans being caught in a bunch of "bad deals" internationally.

dv_dt 10y ago

The high price of medical care costs lives as well as jobs in other industries...

frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
That didn't stop him from trying to repeal Obamacare. I personally think we should institute drug price controls for many reasons including that one but I'm not sure why we are thinking that Donald Trump is going to do it.
- dv_dt 10y ago
  I don't know why Donald Trump does anything. But, I do think he's is of an unknown position in this particular area - so given that we have a problem in the US, and that Trump maybe doesn't have a defined position on the issue, it doesn't hurt to chase the possibility. (On the other hand if I'm just guessing with low-data: the chance does seems low).
- throwawaydp535 10y ago
  Given that Obamacare insurance premiums are spiraling out of control, it's unclear why you're holding that up as an example of affordable healthcare.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 10y ago

This may not actually hurt the profits of the drug industry, because they would probably renegotiate their prices with the other countries. Right now, as long as the cost of what they charge to country is basically their marginal cost of production, they don't have much incentive to oppose the negotiation. Now, they can say that because they have to charge the same to the US, the other countries will have to pay more, or not get the drug. Thus, this has the potential to be revenue neutral for the drug companies while spreading out the cost more fairly

throwawaydp535 10y ago

> Donald Trump may have campaigned as a negotiator for the common man but he identifies with CEOs, anything that hurts them is not something that appeals to him. Do you have any primary sources you can link to prove this assertion?

white-flame 10y ago

I think he means it would appeal to his political narrative of Americans being caught in a bunch of "bad deals" internationally.