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Trump May Try to Force Drugmakers to Match
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Posted By: sunset, 9/26/2025 4:20:09 AM

The Trump administration may propose a regulatory process to force drugmakers to cut U.S. prices to the lower levels in other wealthy countries, according to a notice that was posted on a federal website. The notice, which was published, then deleted for several hours Thursday, and then republished, refers to a “proposed rule” and a “global benchmark for efficient drug pricing (GLOBE) model” under the Department of Health and Human Services. But President Trump has long called for a model under which U.S. payers would get drug prices equal to the lowest price paid among peer countries.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: planetgeo 9/26/2025 5:37:45 AM (No. 2009117)
In working tirelessly to genuinely Make America Great Again, Trump has become the first true global leader who thinks and approaches problems on a global scale. It's really pretty remarkable, especially given how his enemies sneer at his perceived level of intelligence. They're petulant children really, in comparison.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 9/26/2025 5:56:03 AM (No. 2009118)
NYT, and this plan is bad because...?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: anniebc 9/26/2025 6:18:08 AM (No. 2009128)
Won't read the article, but don't tell me the drug companies have us subsidizing drug costs for other countries. Nah! that can't be.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: skacmar 9/26/2025 7:31:07 AM (No. 2009160)
Can't wait to hear the drug companies try to explain and justify why a medication may cost .20 cents each in Europe but is $15.00 in the US. The research and development costs won't fly when they aren't being charged overseas.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Venturer 9/26/2025 7:54:57 AM (No. 2009171)
Pretty sure this is happening, but I have to ask why. Why would a company making a drug sell that drug cheaper in another country than in America. I know profit, but it makes no sense to me.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Rather Read 9/26/2025 8:04:56 AM (No. 2009179)
It's absurd to me that a bottle of generic drops for my glaucoma should cost 85.00. It lasts me about 30 days and this medication is necessary for me. I asked a pharmacist friend why the company charges such high prices and he said "because they can"
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Reply 7 - Posted by: franq 9/26/2025 9:29:55 AM (No. 2009222)
Would we want the next leftist President mandating how much anything costs? This issue cuts both ways.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: paral04 9/26/2025 11:01:34 AM (No. 2009278)
Good!. A few years ago I went to Barcelona, Spain and my suitcase didn't make it. So, I went to the local Pharmacy and got three prescription drugs, without the paperwork, and the same medicine was one third the price I was paying in Marietta, Georgia. They were not generic. The manufactures name for the drug was spelled out. We have been taken to the cleaners here for too many years. Thank you, President Trump
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Reply 9 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 9/26/2025 12:33:12 PM (No. 2009344)
Didn't Trump sign an EO a few months ago to make this the law? Also I thought he did the same during his 1st term but Biden reversed it.
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