{"id":59674,"date":"2025-06-04T10:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59674"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:59:16","slug":"prescription-prices-are-a-problem-for-all-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59674","title":{"rendered":"Prescription Prices Are A Problem For All Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Daily Wire<\/a> posted an article about President Trump’s plan to lower prescription drug prices.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Americans have waited long enough, and now real relief from sky-high prescription drug prices is finally here. Recently, President Donald J. Trump signed a landmark Executive Order to end the decades-long injustice that has forced American families \u2014 especially Hispanic households \u2014 to pay more for lifesaving medications than almost anyone else in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hispanics, who are more likely to be uninsured or underinsured compared to other groups, are disproportionately burdened by high out-of-pocket prescription costs. In fact, according to the CDC, nearly\u00a0one in four Hispanic adults\u00a0report not taking prescribed medications due to cost, compared to\u00a0just 13% of non-Hispanic White adults. This Executive Order directly addresses that disparity by demanding lower drug prices and making medications more affordable and accessible for millions of working families across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

For many Americans across the U.S., especially those economically impacted by high healthcare costs, this Executive Order is a game changer. Families working long hours, often balancing multiple jobs, should not have to choose between buying insulin for their children or groceries for the week. President Trump\u2019s directive ensures that low-income patients, seniors, and working-class Americans will now have direct access to the same steep discounts that pharmaceutical companies give to patients overseas through government-negotiated prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That means bypassing the costly middlemen and securing medicines at \u201cmost-favored-nation\u201d prices that reflect the best deal given to any other country in the world. If drug manufacturers refuse, the Order empowers the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to act decisively: impose these pricing standards through regulation and take additional aggressive steps to drive costs down. This is what America First leadership looks like.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

In an era where politicians too often offer empty promises and soaring rhetoric, President Trump delivers. His commitment to reforming healthcare pricing is not just about economics\u2014it\u2019s about justice. And make no mistake: justice is exactly what millions of Americans, especially those in underserved communities, have been demanding for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Trump said it best: \u201cOur citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory.\u201d That ends now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is more than an Executive Order. It\u2019s a promise fulfilled, a burden lifted, and another bold move in President Trump\u2019s mission to restore prosperity, fairness, and dignity to the American people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even with medical insurance and medicare supplement policies, some commonly prescribed drugs are very expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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