Incoming hits on Trump lowering drug prices as he said he would. This needs to be looked into. He is allowing FLA to get drugs from Canada https://stephenlendman.org/…/trumps-big-lie-pledge-to-lowe…/ Stephen Lendman  Candidate Trump pledged to let Medicare negotiate discounts for prescription drugs. Straightaway in office, he yielded to Pharma lobbyists, abandoning his promise, falsely claiming “smaller, younger companies” would be harmed. Last May, he said major drug companies will be announcing “massive drug price cuts” voluntarily – with no further elaboration. It never happened. He repeated the pledge throughout the year, saying drug makers are “getting away with murder.” During his first two years in office, far more drug price increases occurred than cuts. According to AP News, in January through July last year, “there were 96 price hikes for every cut.” Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar formerly was president of Lilly USA LLC, Eli Lilly’s largest affiliate company. In 2012, he headed Lilly’s US operations, was also involved in its international and government affairs work. As HHS secretary, he’s serving Big Pharma interests, not US consumers. They’re paying on average double for drugs compared to their counterparts in other Western countries. Last summer, Azar conceded that drug prices won’t be falling any time soon. He failed to explain they virtually always rise on average annually, 2019 no exception. STEPHENLENDMAN.ORG Trump's Big Lie Pledge to Lower Drug Prices - Stephen Lendman This is something that must be fixed, all other countries negotiate. Why would Trump keep this guy if they continue to raise prices? Trump told a story on AF1 he called the CEO of Merk because he received a folder with the increases. Trump said he called him from the plane and said...'we're lowering prices, not raising them. Trump said the CEO said okay, like no one ever asked. Trump said...I just called him up and he said he'd lower them. It did not happen people. This is a topic he campaigned on and it must be dealt with.  Is it congress who's pockets they line? Trump did just tell the Florida Governor, who called and said as a state they are filing to get cheaper drugs from Canada. Trump told him to 'go for it'. Vermont is the only other state to have already submitted their plan to the feds to make sure it all the boxes are checked. Florida is next. As the third largest state, FLA could make an impact on breaking this BIG PHARMA WHOREDOM!