My hot takes on it are that first of all, drug prices will go up outside the US.
Secondly, many people in the US who are dependent on expensive prescription drugs for which they have to pay out of pocket (whether wholly or partially), will wake up—— maybe gingerly, maybe all of a sudden—— to the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the Bad Orange Man ain't akshully Literally Hitler and RFK ain't akshully a kook. And they will start to wonder, um, how come President Obama and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and all their ilk, never did this?
Thirdly, this is such a bold move for Trump and for RFK, it squigees the Casey Means as Surgeon General circus over to the peewee problem league.
Fourthly, while there will be pushback from affected interests, I think they're going to find themselves pushing on a string.
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Hot takes
Date: 2025-05-13 07:00 pm (UTC)Secondly, many people in the US who are dependent on expensive prescription drugs for which they have to pay out of pocket (whether wholly or partially), will wake up—— maybe gingerly, maybe all of a sudden—— to the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the Bad Orange Man ain't akshully Literally Hitler and RFK ain't akshully a kook. And they will start to wonder, um, how come President Obama and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and all their ilk, never did this?
Thirdly, this is such a bold move for Trump and for RFK, it squigees the Casey Means as Surgeon General circus over to the peewee problem league.
Fourthly, while there will be pushback from affected interests, I think they're going to find themselves pushing on a string.