What are your thoughts on Donald Trump's promise to reduce drug prices by up to 1400%?
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DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
Majority of the pharmacy comes from Asia. While their manufacturing cost would be as low as $0.49 for a strip of 10 meds. They sell it to American companies which import these meds @ around say $20 a strip. It makes it 4000% so yes, it's possible but only if Trump brings back drug manufacturing industry to US or shifts that to some more friendly nation in Asia like Phillipines.
@DanielsASJ what would it cost if the cost is reduced by 1400%?
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@NerdyPotato No, the inflated cost is 1400% higher. It will be brought back to normal.
@DanielsASJ that's not what he said...
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@NerdyPotato But he meant it. He is not a clerk like you to do all the maths upside down.
@DanielsASJ there's a difference between not doing the math for every case personally and saying something entirely different from what he meant. Wasn't one of the reasons he became popular that he always said exactly what he meant?
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@NerdyPotato If you wanna pull someone's leg then you can find a hundred mistakes. Don't you know what he was trying to convey?
@DanielsASJ no... His statement sounded like "I can do 20x better than the 80% reduction by democrats, so I'll just multiply that percentage".