Pfizer CEO Can’t “Distinguish Between the Policies” of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

[TalkingDog]

https://theintercept.com/2016/06/08/pfizer-trump-clinton/

But both candidates have a complicated record and have previously backed efforts supported by the healthcare industry. In the Senate, Clinton supported legislation that extended the data exclusivity period for biologic drugs, making it harder to bring cheaper generic drugs to market. Trump’s healthcare policy plan includes an idea to turn Medicaid into a block grant, meaning states may shift money allocated for healthcare to other priorities.

In Congress, the choice is more clear, as Republican leadership, along with a number of business-friendly Democrats, have relentlessly attacked cost-saving measures that might cut into the profits of drug companies. Legislators have pushed repeatedly to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a part of the Affordable Care Act designed to rein in healthcare costs by studying best practices, and in recent weeks, have pressured the Obama administration to stop a new trial to find cost-savings for Medicare Part B drugs.

[jberryhill]

1. I can sympathize with that

I mean, what are Donald Trump's "policies".

His "policies" du jour consist of whatever wild hare ran up his ass that morning.

It is what will make debating him fascinating. You might as well nail Jell-O to the wall than to attempt to hold him to any statement of any "policy" of any kind.

I mean, sure, Trump policies are big, beautiful policies, and they are going to be so great, you'll love them. Believe me. Nobody is better at policies than Donald J. Trump. He's spent a lifetime thinking about policies and he watches all the shows, so he knows fabulous policies. Clinton's policies are just awful, I mean awful, stupid policies. Trump has one policy and that's "we're going to win" and we are going to win a lot and we are going to win every time. Clinton has no policy based on winning, and it's sad, pathetic really. Look at Libya. Look at that face! Can you imagine putting that face on money someday? Terrible, terrible policies, and I now a lot about policy.