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The US is trying to bully Germany into making medication more expensive.

Found this post elsewhere, decided to check it out for accuracy, it's true as per Gemini:

🚨 The U.S. Is Reportedly Pressuring Germany To Make Medicine More Expensive

Yes, you read that correctly.

According to reports, the Trump administration is criticizing Germany for keeping drug prices too low and is warning that countries paying less for medicine could face economic consequences.

Why?

Because Germany's healthcare system negotiates drug prices based on how much medical benefit a drug actually provides.

If a pharmaceutical company wants to charge a high price, it has to prove the drug delivers high value.

🚨 Meanwhile, Americans pay some of the highest drug prices on Earth.

Studies comparing international drug prices have found that Americans often pay between 2 and 4 times more for the same branded medicines than patients in countries like Germany.

Some analyses put overall U.S. prescription drug prices at nearly 3 times higher than those in comparable developed countries.

🚨 The argument coming from Washington is that countries like Germany pay "too little" and that American patients end up carrying more of the cost of pharmaceutical research and development.

But critics are asking a different question:

If Germany can negotiate lower prices for its citizens...

why can't America?

🚨 Think about the logic.

Germany lowers prices.

Patients save money.

Healthcare becomes more affordable.

The response?

Pressure Germany to raise prices.

Not pressure drug companies to lower them.

🚨 Germany is even considering additional measures to reduce healthcare spending because its public health insurance system faces a multi-billion-euro deficit.

That means Berlin is trying to make medicine more affordable.

Washington is reportedly complaining that medicine is already too affordable.

🚨 The numbers are staggering.

According to international price comparisons:

• Americans often pay 2 to 4 times more for branded drugs than Germans
• U.S. drug prices are among the highest in the world
• Many Americans skip medication because of cost
• Medical debt remains a major financial burden for millions of families

Yet the conversation isn't about lowering American prices.

It's about why Germany's prices are too low.

🚨 Critics say this exposes who the system is really designed to protect.

Patients want cheaper medicine.

Drug companies want higher profits.

And when those interests collide, ordinary people often come second.

❓If affordable medicine works in Germany, why are American leaders pressuring Germany to raise prices instead of helping Americans pay less.

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SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@jshm2 I went for a cap on my tooth and cost me 1,200. I looked at other countries prices and it was between 100 to 300 dollars for one. I was like wtf 😭

That's how you know we're all being scammed and yes it is on purpose, not even conspiracy anymore
ArishMell · 70-79, M
The US might try it but I can't see it succeeding.

It cannot order other countries how to run their internal, public services and economies.
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
Pharma paid off trump. No surprise.
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SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@whowasthatmaskedman We really do in all honesty.

 
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