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TrumpRx delayed as senators question if it's a giant scam with Big Pharma
- mustyoshi 9mo agoThe framing of 100% of people getting a prescription as being bad seems weird to me. We live in the age of AI we don't need a doctor to tell us the side effects of medication anymore, people should be free to buy for themselves whatever they want to take. Obviously involving insurance and (other people's money) makes a difference, but for direct to consumer, I don't think doctors should be gatekeepers any more.
- jameskilton 9mo agoThis is such an objectively bad take I don't even know how to respond.
- fhdkweig 9mo agoI can respond in two words: Snake Oil
- estimator7292 9mo agoThis is what we get for spending the last 50 years dismantling our public education system.
- ruthie_cohen 9mo agoI don’t think you appreciate how many people would die or get seriously unwell if that is how things worked.
- anotherhue 9mo agoMost people, most of the time, should not be taking subscription medication. It's a fix not a lifestyle. Those with chronic conditions sure wish they didn't need to.
- jedberg 9mo agoIt's rare that I downvote something on HN, but this statement is so incredibly dangerous that I felt I had to. Doctors with a decade of education still make mistakes when prescribing drugs. What chance does the layperson have of getting it right?
- mindslight 9mo agoWhat part of "AI" did you not understand? (/s)
- happytoexplain 9mo agoWhy would you write this? I'm having a hard time knowing what to say.
- eudamoniac 9mo agoCompletely agree, for most medications that anyone would actually want. I genuinely can't remember a time I went to a doctor without either already knowing what was wrong with me, or us both never finding out. I only go at this point to get the medicine I already know I need. For God's sake just let me buy the eczema cream for my elbow and fuck off.
- JohnTHaller 9mo agoOne just needs to consider the history of the Trump name in connection with businesses
- jedberg 9mo agoIt's so sad that Trump so badly wants his name on everything. It's important to note that Obamacare isn't called that because Obama insisted on it. In fact, he protested against calling it that. It's actually called the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Obama was only attributed to it because people were so happy with what it did for them. Instead of forcing his name on things, maybe he should try to pass laws that people actually admire and want to put his name on it.
- llbbdd 9mo agoThis is a bit retroactive, Republicans started calling it Obamacare to make sure no R voters would want to put their support on it, it was later somewhat reclaimed. The Rs did this because it worked verbatim previously with "Hillarycare" in 1993.
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- duxup 9mo agoI remember the joke during the first Trump administration when despite running both congress and the white house they could not seem to find a way to repeal Obamacare. “They’re going to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the affordable care act.”
- CamperBob2 9mo agoIt's not a joke. Their voters are so stupid, they don't understand that both terms refer to the same legislation [1]. 1: https://www.npr.org/2017/02/11/514732211/obamacare-and-affordable-care-act-are-the-same-but-americans-still-dont-know-tha https://www.npr.org/2017/02/11/514732211/obamacare-and-affor...
- John23832 9mo ago> It's actually called the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Obama was only attributed to it because people were so happy with what it did for them. That's one half of it. The other half is that Obamacare could be used as a dogwhistle to constituents on the right.
- ldng 9mo agoIt's like American absolutly want to be robed by Trump.
- analognoise 9mo agoYou just have to tell them somebody else is going to be hurt in the process and they’re on board! I never knew there was so little respect for the constitution; it’s all been very disappointing/eye opening.
- theturtle 9mo ago[dead]