Trump Wants Drug Makers, Insurers, & Hospitals To Disclose Prices!

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(02-13-2019, 08:32 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Donald Trump is such an odd creature.

He acts like he doesn't want the Government controlling any part of industry (because that would be socialist!) but then he keeps calling on industries to do what he wants.
First he threatened to cut all subsidies to GM because they decided it was not financially viable to keep one of their sites open.
Now he wants to force drug companies to disclose their costs, as a pseudo-check on their pricing policies.

Does he want the Government to influence and/or control industry or not? He flip flops on this more than any Republican should be comfortable with.

There may be more method to that madness than first appears. At least in some cases.

President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/12/693966847/president-trump-and-allies-push-to-save-a-very-specific-coal-plant

In his latest effort to boost the coal business — and in the process help a major supporter — President Trump has called on the Tennessee Valley Authority to, essentially, ignore the advice of its staff and keep a large coal-fired power plant operating.

The move has drawn extra scrutiny because that plant buys coal from a company headed by a large campaign donor to Trump, Murray Energy Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Robert Murray.