Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2019
On drug prices, Trump must resist left-wing approaches that would lead to disaster
17 July 2019 - In Friday's column, I explained why President Donald Trump and the Republicans are on their way to a stunning victory in 2020.
I predicted that a big factor in this victory will be the clear juxtaposition between the president's methodical, step-by-step approach to lower health care costs with more transparency, choice and accountability and many of the Democrats' calls for radical change that would throw people off their private insurance and replace it with a government-run monopoly.
In today's column, I want to sound a warning about how things could go wrong, particularly when it comes to the president's efforts to lower prescription drug prices.
Until a few days ago, I would have argued confidently that the president and Republicans were well situated to win on the issue of drug prices in 2020.
