Trump waved MFN like a victory flag, reporters applauded, Americans hoped, but Pharma raised prices anyway, proving that bold words, chest-thumping, and headlines never buy actual leverage or relief.
None of the people in this evil regime have a clue as to what they’re doing. It certainly shows when it comes to the costs of drugs. The whole pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry need to be overhauled and strict laws put into place to stop ripping people off. Enough. America deserves better.
Thank you Michael for being succinct and to the point. Great job.
I totally agree with you. I’ve spent many years in the medical field and have complained to my Senators and Congressmen that the pharmaceutical and insurance industries are broken and need to be fixed! The way these industries are now, there is too much profit for them and the people who benefit from meds and insurance have to pay for it. Enough!
Agreed. For way too long we've been at the mercy of CEOs and middlemen. We need to cut them out, take over the manufacturing and then sell them just over manufacturing cost. I mean like 2-3% over the cost of manufacturing/production. Also stop kick backs to doctors for putting people on drugs because they get money for it instead of being the best option. Universal Healthcare can help but also state run hospital that have no interest in profits will help the most. Also, they have to be well funded, so they can have adequate staff. Also, free training for jobs in the medical field, including doctors. Basically, get paid to train.
Other voices in this regime are emphasizing that AI will be taking over white collar jobs. I think the job of CEO is a white collar job. And we can certainly reduce the costs of everything if we replaced these greedy guys with AI. Let's go.
If Pfizer were truly worried about protecting innovation they’d be mobilizing, lobbying, and advertising to protect federal funding for leading scientific and medical research, preserve H1-B visas, and generally keeping America a place smart, curious people want to come to.
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If there was a Nobel Prize for lying, Trump would win it every year. All Americans should know better than to believe anything that spews from his lie-hole, but sadly a whole bunch of Americans continue to believe every stupid word he says. Do you think they'll notice that their prescriptions cost MORE, not less, in 2026. If they notice, they'll blame Biden because that's what Trump has taught his supporters to believe. "It's all somebody else's (usually Biden's) fault." I'm so sick and tired of this!
Thank you, Michael, for keeping us informed. Have a great year and keep on doing what you do!
My husband and I are both retired academics. 2025 was a rough year medically, politically, and financially. We lost dear friends to tragic accidents, had heart surgery, and saw friends and neighbors struggle with health, careers, and life in general.
Next week I will fill 2 prescriptions- one will be $1600 for 90 days and the other will be almost $2000. Our health insurance has gone up, our electric bill was $600 plus, our car and home insurance has increased. My retirement benefits are not increasing, well my Social Security is up 2+%
No way will the increase match our cost of living, and we live very frugally.
"Next week I will fill 2 prescriptions- one will be $1600 for 90 days and the other will be almost $2000."
That is SO disgusting!
I live in the UK, and we have universal health care. We pay 8% of our salary and that covers all health care AND a pension.
The health care we receive is "free". Our prescriptions, whatever drug they are for are $13 for a month's supply. If the doctor specifies two or three months on the scrip, that's still $13. And if you are under 18 or over 65 you pay nothing.
The NHS is not perfect - sometimes you have to wait for treatment, but not if it's anything serious.
And still the country rolls along - the economy hasn't collapsed and drug company CEO's aren't throwing themselves out of windows. Universal healthcare has long been proven as a great benefit to each country that has it.
And yet I keep reading comments like yours from Americans who can't seem to get their government , whatever the flavor, to see sense. It is very, very sad.
Not only is it sad…it’s frustrating and people die who don’t need to because they can’t even afford the very limited care that insurance does provide. Best healthcare personnel in the world - but no access now. The ACA helped us to insure our families, now we get to make a choice about who on our family gets insurance. My daughter is now on the “fingers crossed” plan, but she made sure her 4-year old is covered. It’s so stupid!!
It's criminal...but then magas voted for a felon. They may say they didn't vote for what their felon savior is doing...but they lie to themselves. They thought the felon's regime would only hurt the people who weren't loyal. Now they are discovering that they too will be harmed, and that's what they don't like. smdh
BTW: when I was very active in attempting to get democrats interested in universal health care, I was attacked by democrats. The rich wanted to keep their own health insurance, and didn't want to pay for anyone else to get treatment. The political Ds would lose too much money if they supported universal health care. So, I wouldn't count on democrats getting affordable health care any time soon. Progressive democrats support universal health care, but many democrats and magas hate them. :(
Ugh just ugh, when will this national nightmare end. I didn't like everything Obama did but at least he tried, genuinely tried. Whereas the fanta menace just wants to scream bullshit into the void. God's I miss real presidents.
Trump continues to prove that he is the fraud many of us knew he was. Vapid and narcissist. Deadly combination. But he doesn't care as he leads the most corrupt regime in US history. Thanks Michael. Hope you have a good New Year.
His only goal was to enrich himself; he wanted to be the richest he could be and let the Heritage Foundation do what they wanted he'd be the front man. In 11 months he gained $ 3 billion and now that's who he hangs with, his new billionaire buddies. He's more interested in building projects/monuments to himself than in trying to govern.
Big fat thank you to all those who think we need a "businessman " running this country.
He's more interested in retribution; increasing his power as well as his wealth, and protecting himself and some of his oligarch friends from Epstein's criminal enterprises. And, of course, creating chaos and havoc, to assure decent people don't have a chance of living a decent life: so that the heritage foundation's agenda continues. But then, I don't just blame him...If he had no supporters, he'd not be president.
the diabetes drug price went down because it's something that Biden negotiated. Remember how he said no one would pay more than $35 a month. well, that fell by the wayside because of trump but it seems there was still enough language in that bill to keep diabetes drugs lower priced. that's my take anyway.
A recent study on apes concluded that, "Serotonin, the neurotransmitter most associated with wellbeing and mood stability, is regulated largely by perceived position in social hierarchies. Not actual position; perceived position. Your brain is running a constant background calculation about where you rank relative to others, and it adjusts your baseline mood accordingly."
Sound familiar?
Additionally,in a series of primate studies at UCLA. Researchers Michael McGuire and Michael Raleigh found that dominant male vervet monkeys had roughly twice the serotonin concentrations of subordinate males, which alone isn’t surprising.¹ What happened next is that they placed an alpha male behind a one-way mirror where his troop couldn’t see him. Nothing about his actual capabilities had changed; he hadn’t lost a fight, hadn’t been injured. But his troop couldn’t see his dominance displays, couldn’t acknowledge his status, and his serotonin crashed within days.
NOW, are we tracking?
Let's stop using his name and giving him free press (like we have non-stop since 2016) and see what happens.
Also, can we stop calling evangelicals Christians? It gives them too much status. Christians believe in Jesus Christ and His teachings. They are suppose to attempt to follow Jesus' teachings. Evangelicals believe Jesus Christ was born and died, but they do not follow His teachings. They do not follow the 10 Commandments (though they make sure to hang them in classrooms in Texas), therefore they cannot be Christians. It's National Evangelicals that are supporting this felon. Real Christians cannot support this felon. smdh
In a nice short piece at Raw Story Ewan Gleadow reported on a third Great Gatsby Mar a Lago New Year’s party and commented on by Gavin Newsome’s Press Office on the X platform
An ice 2026 sculpture at the caviar station was part of a once again cruel demeaning nature of flaunting wealth in 1920’s style while America is suffering from an inflationary spiral due to the collapsing of the purchasing power of the dollar(last recorded in recent months to lows of 6 cents to what the dollar purchased in 1971 in terms of gold)
Newsom's Press Office also criticized(https://bit.ly/3YZ8cEt) the decision from Trump to veto a clean drinking water bill for SE Colorado, with a post depicting Trump as a member of royalty shared. The image is captioned, "NO WATER FOR YOU PEASANTS, I NEED TO PUNISH YOU FOR A POLITICAL GRUDGE!"
French Revolution 2.0 American style is coming in 2026 for the King Cheeto and his Court of sycophants and billionaire buddies
Trump talks tough but he is in fact the biggest coward we've ever had in the White House. This has been proven time and again every time he talks to Putin, Xi, Kim, Erdogan, Orban, etc, he just falls to his knees and starts sucking. An embarrassing P0S. The Reich should have known he was a coward because he is a Draft Dodger.
Of course he's a coward. But he's a very dangerous coward, as are his cabinet members. And they are dangerous to all life living in the entire world, not just this country. But his magas adore him, until they discover that they too are going to be harmed by his actions. lol Then they declare "this isn't what I voted for", when, of course, it's exactly what they voted for... they just didn't think they'd be affected as well.
If magas want to show they didn't vote for this, they need to be at the front of every protest demanding change, imo.
It looks like there is 30% that will go down the tubes with him. What we need is to recruit new voters out of the 50% of people that don't currently vote.
Had anyone checked to see if his BS trumprx.gov is just another competitor to goodrx.com? Or to Mark Cubans drug company. I’m sure there’s profit somewhere for the trumps for using the name. I am so sick of him. Wish he would keep taking more aspirin.
None of the people in this evil regime have a clue as to what they’re doing. It certainly shows when it comes to the costs of drugs. The whole pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry need to be overhauled and strict laws put into place to stop ripping people off. Enough. America deserves better.
Thank you Michael for being succinct and to the point. Great job.
I totally agree with you. I’ve spent many years in the medical field and have complained to my Senators and Congressmen that the pharmaceutical and insurance industries are broken and need to be fixed! The way these industries are now, there is too much profit for them and the people who benefit from meds and insurance have to pay for it. Enough!
wiresouth.com/jj879u
Agreed. For way too long we've been at the mercy of CEOs and middlemen. We need to cut them out, take over the manufacturing and then sell them just over manufacturing cost. I mean like 2-3% over the cost of manufacturing/production. Also stop kick backs to doctors for putting people on drugs because they get money for it instead of being the best option. Universal Healthcare can help but also state run hospital that have no interest in profits will help the most. Also, they have to be well funded, so they can have adequate staff. Also, free training for jobs in the medical field, including doctors. Basically, get paid to train.
Other voices in this regime are emphasizing that AI will be taking over white collar jobs. I think the job of CEO is a white collar job. And we can certainly reduce the costs of everything if we replaced these greedy guys with AI. Let's go.
If Pfizer were truly worried about protecting innovation they’d be mobilizing, lobbying, and advertising to protect federal funding for leading scientific and medical research, preserve H1-B visas, and generally keeping America a place smart, curious people want to come to.
I totally agree with you.
You make the mistake of thinking Pfizer needs Americans for anything. They don't.
We’re agreeing.
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If there was a Nobel Prize for lying, Trump would win it every year. All Americans should know better than to believe anything that spews from his lie-hole, but sadly a whole bunch of Americans continue to believe every stupid word he says. Do you think they'll notice that their prescriptions cost MORE, not less, in 2026. If they notice, they'll blame Biden because that's what Trump has taught his supporters to believe. "It's all somebody else's (usually Biden's) fault." I'm so sick and tired of this!
Thank you, Michael, for keeping us informed. Have a great year and keep on doing what you do!
👏👏👏👏👏Spot on! He can put it next to his FIFA Peace Prize. The idiot didn't even realize they were MOCKING him!
Nooooo! Not a real award 😵💫
Will it look like a gigantic one of these 💩?
My husband and I are both retired academics. 2025 was a rough year medically, politically, and financially. We lost dear friends to tragic accidents, had heart surgery, and saw friends and neighbors struggle with health, careers, and life in general.
Next week I will fill 2 prescriptions- one will be $1600 for 90 days and the other will be almost $2000. Our health insurance has gone up, our electric bill was $600 plus, our car and home insurance has increased. My retirement benefits are not increasing, well my Social Security is up 2+%
No way will the increase match our cost of living, and we live very frugally.
Trump is a dangerous joke.
"Next week I will fill 2 prescriptions- one will be $1600 for 90 days and the other will be almost $2000."
That is SO disgusting!
I live in the UK, and we have universal health care. We pay 8% of our salary and that covers all health care AND a pension.
The health care we receive is "free". Our prescriptions, whatever drug they are for are $13 for a month's supply. If the doctor specifies two or three months on the scrip, that's still $13. And if you are under 18 or over 65 you pay nothing.
The NHS is not perfect - sometimes you have to wait for treatment, but not if it's anything serious.
And still the country rolls along - the economy hasn't collapsed and drug company CEO's aren't throwing themselves out of windows. Universal healthcare has long been proven as a great benefit to each country that has it.
And yet I keep reading comments like yours from Americans who can't seem to get their government , whatever the flavor, to see sense. It is very, very sad.
It's all in project 2025.
Not only is it sad…it’s frustrating and people die who don’t need to because they can’t even afford the very limited care that insurance does provide. Best healthcare personnel in the world - but no access now. The ACA helped us to insure our families, now we get to make a choice about who on our family gets insurance. My daughter is now on the “fingers crossed” plan, but she made sure her 4-year old is covered. It’s so stupid!!
It's criminal...but then magas voted for a felon. They may say they didn't vote for what their felon savior is doing...but they lie to themselves. They thought the felon's regime would only hurt the people who weren't loyal. Now they are discovering that they too will be harmed, and that's what they don't like. smdh
BTW: when I was very active in attempting to get democrats interested in universal health care, I was attacked by democrats. The rich wanted to keep their own health insurance, and didn't want to pay for anyone else to get treatment. The political Ds would lose too much money if they supported universal health care. So, I wouldn't count on democrats getting affordable health care any time soon. Progressive democrats support universal health care, but many democrats and magas hate them. :(
I often wonder how things would be different if my Granddad had stayed Devon.
Ever thought of coming back? Devon is lovely - and you might be entitled as your grandad was a Brit!
Oh yes often, but financially not feasible. Would love to move.
In case you are unaware, there is a good lower cost option for meds that cuts out completely the OBMs (pharmacy benefit managers, the whores).
CostPlus, mark Cubans thing
Not all medications have a generic: and Cuban's business is only for generics. But, yes, I was excited when Mr. Cuban opened up his pharmacy.
Ugh just ugh, when will this national nightmare end. I didn't like everything Obama did but at least he tried, genuinely tried. Whereas the fanta menace just wants to scream bullshit into the void. God's I miss real presidents.
Trump continues to prove that he is the fraud many of us knew he was. Vapid and narcissist. Deadly combination. But he doesn't care as he leads the most corrupt regime in US history. Thanks Michael. Hope you have a good New Year.
His only goal was to enrich himself; he wanted to be the richest he could be and let the Heritage Foundation do what they wanted he'd be the front man. In 11 months he gained $ 3 billion and now that's who he hangs with, his new billionaire buddies. He's more interested in building projects/monuments to himself than in trying to govern.
Big fat thank you to all those who think we need a "businessman " running this country.
He's more interested in retribution; increasing his power as well as his wealth, and protecting himself and some of his oligarch friends from Epstein's criminal enterprises. And, of course, creating chaos and havoc, to assure decent people don't have a chance of living a decent life: so that the heritage foundation's agenda continues. But then, I don't just blame him...If he had no supporters, he'd not be president.
the diabetes drug price went down because it's something that Biden negotiated. Remember how he said no one would pay more than $35 a month. well, that fell by the wayside because of trump but it seems there was still enough language in that bill to keep diabetes drugs lower priced. that's my take anyway.
For the meantime...
BIG PHARMA is a Cancer on the soul of America! It’s’ Greed needs to be surgically removed!
BIG PHARMA needs to be removed
A recent study on apes concluded that, "Serotonin, the neurotransmitter most associated with wellbeing and mood stability, is regulated largely by perceived position in social hierarchies. Not actual position; perceived position. Your brain is running a constant background calculation about where you rank relative to others, and it adjusts your baseline mood accordingly."
Sound familiar?
Additionally,in a series of primate studies at UCLA. Researchers Michael McGuire and Michael Raleigh found that dominant male vervet monkeys had roughly twice the serotonin concentrations of subordinate males, which alone isn’t surprising.¹ What happened next is that they placed an alpha male behind a one-way mirror where his troop couldn’t see him. Nothing about his actual capabilities had changed; he hadn’t lost a fight, hadn’t been injured. But his troop couldn’t see his dominance displays, couldn’t acknowledge his status, and his serotonin crashed within days.
NOW, are we tracking?
Let's stop using his name and giving him free press (like we have non-stop since 2016) and see what happens.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/racists-are-less-likely-to-be-depressed
Also, can we stop calling evangelicals Christians? It gives them too much status. Christians believe in Jesus Christ and His teachings. They are suppose to attempt to follow Jesus' teachings. Evangelicals believe Jesus Christ was born and died, but they do not follow His teachings. They do not follow the 10 Commandments (though they make sure to hang them in classrooms in Texas), therefore they cannot be Christians. It's National Evangelicals that are supporting this felon. Real Christians cannot support this felon. smdh
King Cheeto Rubs Wealth Into American Faces
In a nice short piece at Raw Story Ewan Gleadow reported on a third Great Gatsby Mar a Lago New Year’s party and commented on by Gavin Newsome’s Press Office on the X platform
An ice 2026 sculpture at the caviar station was part of a once again cruel demeaning nature of flaunting wealth in 1920’s style while America is suffering from an inflationary spiral due to the collapsing of the purchasing power of the dollar(last recorded in recent months to lows of 6 cents to what the dollar purchased in 1971 in terms of gold)
Newsom's Press Office also criticized(https://bit.ly/3YZ8cEt) the decision from Trump to veto a clean drinking water bill for SE Colorado, with a post depicting Trump as a member of royalty shared. The image is captioned, "NO WATER FOR YOU PEASANTS, I NEED TO PUNISH YOU FOR A POLITICAL GRUDGE!"
French Revolution 2.0 American style is coming in 2026 for the King Cheeto and his Court of sycophants and billionaire buddies
Very crazy times, Michael!
Held off getting the latest Covid booster & now it may be too expensive. Family is back to masking up every time we go out.
Thanks for your take on this.
Stay safe.
Trump talks tough but he is in fact the biggest coward we've ever had in the White House. This has been proven time and again every time he talks to Putin, Xi, Kim, Erdogan, Orban, etc, he just falls to his knees and starts sucking. An embarrassing P0S. The Reich should have known he was a coward because he is a Draft Dodger.
Of course he's a coward. But he's a very dangerous coward, as are his cabinet members. And they are dangerous to all life living in the entire world, not just this country. But his magas adore him, until they discover that they too are going to be harmed by his actions. lol Then they declare "this isn't what I voted for", when, of course, it's exactly what they voted for... they just didn't think they'd be affected as well.
If magas want to show they didn't vote for this, they need to be at the front of every protest demanding change, imo.
It looks like there is 30% that will go down the tubes with him. What we need is to recruit new voters out of the 50% of people that don't currently vote.
MFN=Mother Fucked Nation
Had anyone checked to see if his BS trumprx.gov is just another competitor to goodrx.com? Or to Mark Cubans drug company. I’m sure there’s profit somewhere for the trumps for using the name. I am so sick of him. Wish he would keep taking more aspirin.
Simple rule for me, if comes from tRump it is bullshit, period
Most Fooled Nation. Perfect.