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No, Bernie Doesn't Think Trump's Executive Order Is Going To Lower The Price of Drugs In Real Life
Only one of these guys REALLY wants drug prices to come down At the White House yesterday, when RFK Jr. discussed Trump’s executive order...

Howie Klein
May 143 min read


Trump Says His Plan To Lower Drug Costs Is One Of The Most Important Impactful Things He's Ever Done
But Will It Ever Come To Anything? Can you think of one good thing that Trump has ever done since slipping into the White House in 2017?...

Howie Klein
May 124 min read


If GoodRX Can Deliver Affordable Drug Prices, Why Can't The Federal Government— Does It Want To?
Ten years ago, a side effect of my chemo treatment was neuropathy. One of the drugs prescribed was Vimpat which would have cost me tens...

Howie Klein
May 63 min read


Drug Prices Were Coming Down— Señor T Put A Stop To That On His First Day Back In The Oval Office
How Long Before Trump’s Voters Start To Understand They’ve Been Had? It’s no longer a pending nightmare; as you know, Trump’s back in the...

Howie Klein
Jan 224 min read


Can You Imagine A Presidential Election That Wasn't A Search For The Lesser Of Two Evils?
Bernie Says It's Not Time For A New Party Yet... But The Dems Are Getting Worse I still vote. I mean I fill in my ballot, partially....

Howie Klein
Jan 14 min read


Trump Demanded It— Now What'll He Say About Kamala’s Economic Agenda…Aside From Shrieking Communist?
Can You Say Family Friendly? Apparently, Kamala and Tim are laughing off Trump’s disingenuous ranting and raving about “communists”— a...

Howie Klein
Aug 17, 20248 min read


She’s Talking About The Number One Issue That’s Facing The Country & He's Talking About Crowd Size
Drug Prices Are Finally Coming Down— Bigly On Wednesday, GOP pollster Frank Luntz— no friend Trump’s— was a guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box ,...

Howie Klein
Aug 15, 20244 min read


The Next Congressional Special Election Is To Fill George Santos' Empty Long Island Seat
Only One Candidate Is Addressing Policy Issues After state Sen. Jack Martins turned them down several times, the Nassau County GOP bosses...

Howie Klein
Dec 20, 20235 min read


Behind The Insidious Conservative Plan To Increase The Cost Of Healthcare For Americans
The ONLY Democrat On Team GOP: Maine Blue Dog Jared Golden Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal headline blared Health-Insurance Costs Are...

Howie Klein
Sep 9, 20233 min read


Pay A Republican Enough And They'll Make The Case For Higher Drug Prices With A Straight Face
Every time Gallup does its poll on honesty and ethics in professions, lobbyists come out at or near the bottom (63% low or very low),...

Howie Klein
Aug 30, 20234 min read


What's Worse, The Senate, The Supreme Court, The Drug Companies Or The Republican Party?
"All Of The Above" Is Not Allowed This Time Senate rules are arcane, serpentine and, most of all, outmoded and anti-democratic. From the...

Howie Klein
Jul 24, 20238 min read


The Democratic Establishment Actually Encourages Bad Democrats— They WANT More Manchins And Sinemas
70% of voters just blindly select whichever candidate has a “D” or an “R” next to their name. In congressional races that usually enough...

Howie Klein
Jun 15, 20233 min read


Congress-- Whose Members Are Bribed By The Drug Industry-- Allows That Industry To Rip Off Consumers
Now Merck Is Suing To Protect Its Greed This conservative-controlled Congress (and White House) is opposed to Medicare for All. That...

Howie Klein
Jun 8, 20234 min read


Drugs Cost Too Much In The U.S.-- Can Bernie Do Anything About It?
I had a nice time in Thailand— my first trip away from home since the advent of COVID. There are a lot of reasons to go to Thailand—...

Howie Klein
May 3, 20234 min read


It's Lucrative For Members Of Congress To Forget That Big Pharma Greed Is Killing Their Constituents
In His New Role, Can Bernie Turn That Around? There hasn’t been much in the corporate media about Bernie’s new position as chair of the...

Howie Klein
Jan 29, 20234 min read


Pharmaceutical Drugs at Cost Plus 15%? It's Here Now
Mark Cuban's new Cost Plus Drug Company could disrupt Big Pharma forever.

Thomas Neuburger
Nov 29, 20224 min read


Conservatives In Congress Want To Take Things Away From People-- Will Voters Take Away Their Jobs?
Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader was the last Democrat in the House to vote against raising the minimum wage and one of the last to oppose...

Howie Klein
Sep 23, 20223 min read


That Reconciliation Bill The House Is Passing Today Could Have Been Transformative
This week, Noah Smith wrote that "After some scary June numbers, disinflation finally looks like it has kicked in. Consumer prices as a...

Howie Klein
Aug 12, 20225 min read


The Reality of the Democratic Drug Price 'Victory'
On the victory that's not a victory

Thomas Neuburger
Aug 9, 20223 min read


Corrupt Conservatives Are Fighting To The End To Keep Drug Prices High
Big day today in DC. The Senate will start going through a plethora or idiotic amendments from Republicans trying to hold up the...

Howie Klein
Aug 6, 20223 min read
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