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2024-02-02 13:30:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B8994860E462F1A94C71F3FF7083F5A7415D66AE65A62452736A54150C709437
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NNN - Post is not only factually correct, but also historically representative. Since 2003 when Bush passed Medicare prescription drug benefits, only Democratic presidents took substantive steps toward directly negotiating drug prices. GOP presidents did not. https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/4842/Trump-Backs-Off-Medicare-Drug-Price-Negotiations#:~:text=After%20campaigning%20on%20a%20promise%20to%20negotiate%20drug%20prices%20for%20Medicare%20with%20pharmaceutical%20companies%2C%20President%20Donald%20Trump%20has%20backed%20off%20the%20idea%2C%20publicly%20criticizing%20the%20bill%20introduced%20by%20House%20Speaker%20Nancy%20Pelosi%20that%20would%20allow%20the%20federal%20government%20to%20negotiate%20the%20prices%20of%20250%20drugs. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0L61OV/ https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/1748/Medicare-Drug-Price-Negotiation-Plan-Continues-to#:~:text=In%202003%2C%20the%20Bush%20administration%20passed%20Medicare%20prescription%20drug%20benefits%2C%20but%20prohibited%20the%20government%20from%20negotiating%20the%20price%20of%20medications%20for%20seniors.
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