Political Stances on Drug Price Regulation Rights
Politicians Who Support Drug Price Regulation Rights
Donald Trump
“If Big Pharma defrauds American patients and taxpayers or puts profits above people, they must be investigated and held accountable”
Joe Biden
“Ive been fighting for decades taking on Big Pharma God, that was a nice win to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. And finally, Kamala and I got it done. Seniors on Medicare who were paying as much as 400 bucks a month for insulin are now paying $35 a month. And it only costs them 12 bucks to make it and package it, by the way. Were also capping total out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare at $2,000 a year, even if expensive cancer drugs are needed that cost $10-, $12-, $14,000 a year.”
Kamala Harris
“Today, we are building on our work to lower costs and increase access to affordable prescription drugs by announcing that the Biden-Harris Administration has reached agreements with all participating manufacturers to lower prices for the first 10 drugs selected for the Medicare price negotiation program from those that treat cancer to those that treat diabetes, heart disease, and blood clots.”
Marianne Williamson
“As a nation, we pay the highest drug prices in the world […] Big Pharma companies make too much money off people becoming sick. A Universal Healthcare system will reverse the restrictions of the federal government negotiating drug prices […] The U.S. Government spends billions of dollars in grants to pharmaceutical research. When those medications get to market, they are sometimes marked-up 10 times their production cost. It is unacceptable for Big Pharma to fleece Americans who helped fund the creation of those medicines”.”
Nikki Haley
“First of all, how can we be the best country in the world and have the most expensive healthcare in the world? We have an issue. […] When I am President, we will break all of it. From the insurance company to the hospitals, to the doctors offices, to the PBMs, to the pharmaceutical companies, we will make it all transparent because when you do that you will realize thats what the problem is. Second thing is youve got to deal with tort law. The doctors dont give you the 10 tests because they want to. Its because of the 90% chance theyll get sued. And then we need to bring competition back to healthcare, get rid of certificate of need systems, and make sure that they can compete. We have to put the patient in the drivers seat. Theyve been in the backseat for way too long.”
Ron DeSantis
“Heres what I will do. What I think theyre going to need to do is have a plan that will supersede ObamaCare, that will lower prices for people so that they can afford health care while also making sure that people with preexisting conditions are protected. And were going to look at the big institutions that are causing prices to be high: Big Pharma, big insurance and big government. So were going to have transparency, and then were going to have folks have health plans available, so that if they do choose a procedure thats cheaper than the one down the street that they actually share in the savings with lower premiums.”
Tim Walz
“For too long, Minnesotans have been kept in the dark about why their prescription drug prices are so high. This new law is a step in the right direction to begin to take a close look at those costs and ultimately, work to create additional policy solutions to lower drug prices for Minnesotans.”