He President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that this Monday will sign a Executive order that, according to your statements, will immediately reduce the prescription drug prices y Pharmaceutical products in an estimated range of between 30 and 80 percent.
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The announcement was made through its red social Truth Social On Sunday, where Trump also lashed out against the Pharmaceutical companies and criticized the Democrats for not having made significant progress in this matter during their administrations.
“For years, the world has wondered why recipe medications in the United States are considerably more expensive than in any other country, even between five and ten times more, despite being the same product, manufactured by the same company and on the same plant … it was always difficult to justify and deeply shameful, because there was simply not a fair explanation,” he wrote.
Trump said the Pharmaceutical industry has historically argued that high prices in the United States are due to Research costs and development, which, he said, have been unjustly assumed by American consumers.
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The president said the measure responds to a historical demand and that, paradoxically, it has been a cause promoted for years by the Democratic party.
-“I am pleased to announce that tomorrow, at 9:00 am, I will sign one of the most important executive orders in the history of our country,” he said. “The prices of prescription and pharmaceutical drugs will almost immediately go down.”
Trump also said that he will implement a “Nation policy more favored”, With which the United States will pay the lowest price than any other country in the world pays for the same medicine.
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“Our country will finally receive a fair treatment, and the costs in medical care will decrease drastically. In addition, this measure will save billions to the government,” he said.
Finally, the president warned that although Prices could increase in other countries as a result of this policy, “For the first time in many years, this will bring justice to the United States.”
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