Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that the United States would not donate to Gavi, a global vaccine alliance, unless and until the organization took steps to &#8220;re-earn the public&#8217;s trust.&#8221;
Kennedy&#8217;s criticism of the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/rfk-vaccine-donations-gavi-00422705" target="_blank" rel="noopener">global body</a> was rooted primarily in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he made that abundantly clear in a video he sent to the Gavi pledging summit – in which he accused the organization of silencing dissent over the highly controversial COVID vaccines and pushing them despite concerns about their safety, per <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/rfk-vaccine-donations-gavi-00422705">POLITICO</a>.
&#8220;When the science was inconvenient, Gavi ignored the science,&#8221; Kennedy said, arguing that if the United States was going to continue funding the organization, they would have to do better in the future. He also accused Gavi of coordinating with the World Health Organization (WHO) to &#8220;recommend best practices for social media companies to silence dissenting views, to stifle free speech and legitimate questions during that period.&#8221;
&#8220;I call on Gavi today to re-earn the public trust and to justify the $8 billion that America has provided in funding since 2001. And I’ll tell you how to start taking vaccine safety seriously: Consider the best science available, even when the science contradicts established paradigms,&#8221; Kennedy declared. &#8220;Until that happens, the United States won’t contribute more to Gavi.&#8221;
The pledging summit, which is being held in Brussels, hopes to raise $9 billion in funding for the next five years — 2026-2030, but the approximately $300 million the United States provides on an annual basis is what is in question.
&#8220;When vaccine safety issues have come before Gavi, Gavi has treated them not as a patient health problem, but as a public relations problem,&#8221; Kennedy said in his video presentation. &#8220;Business as usual is over, unaccountable and opaque policymaking is over. I invite all of you to join us in a new era of evidence-based medicine, old-standard science and integrity.&#8221;
Kennedy&#8217;s announcement follows earlier reports that suggested President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration planned to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/usaid-cuts-gavi-bird-flu.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cut funding</a> to Gavi — although they planned to continue funding key grants for things like natural disaster response, HIV, and tuberculosis medications.

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RFK Jr. Nixes U.S. Funding For Vaccine Alliance Until It ‘Re-Earns The Public’s Trust’

RFK Jr. Nixes U.S. Funding For Vaccine Alliance Until It 'Re-Earns The Public's Trust'

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Donald Trump Jr. teamed up with anti-Trump businessman Mark Cuban to dunk on leftist Senator Elizabeth Warren for doing “nothing” to combat what they say are the key drivers of out-of-control health care prices. 
Trump Jr. signaled his support for Cuban after the “Shark Tank” host criticized Warren for ignoring the role of pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, in health care pricing. PBMs are the middlemen between drug manufacturers, insurance companies, pharmacies — and, by extension, patients — and have been criticized by the Federal Trade Commission, among others, for inflating drug prices.
On Wednesday, Warren <a href="https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1935443373487440373" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on X saying that the tax system was “rigged” because large pharmaceutical companies like Johnson &amp; Johnson charge the “highest drug prices in the WORLD while often paying ZERO dollars in federal taxes themselves.”
In response, Cuban attacked Warren for not looking at the role of PBMs.
“No. It&#8217;s because  PBMs corrupt healthcare. Big Pharma wishes they could set their own pricing. They don&#8217;t.  PBMs control formularies and manipulate prices,  in exchange for providing pharma  access to patients. It&#8217;s how they  maximize rebate revenue,” Cuban <a href="https://x.com/mcuban/status/1935705831930298562">posted</a>. “In fact, 3 PBMs NEGOTIATE MORE THAN 90% OF REBATES  for commercial insurance plans.That&#8217;s your area of expertise,  and you have done nothing.”
Trump Jr. reacted by saying he completely agreed with Cuban on this issue. Cuban is known for his vehement opposition to President Donald Trump and was even floated as potential VP pick for Kamala Harris.
“Didn’t think I’d be RTing Mark for a while, but he’s 100% right on this issue,” he posted on X on Thursday. 
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President Donald Trump and Cuban have traded blows for years, including over the course of the 2024 campaign, when Cuban campaigned for Harris.
&#8220;Mark Cuban is a Loser. Wouldn’t take his phone calls anymore while at the White House, and he went rogue. A weak and pathetic &#8216;bully,&#8217; he’s got nothing going. Really low clubhead speed, a total non-athlete!&#8221; Trump posted on Truth Social in October 2024.
PBMs have faced increasing scrutiny from both federal regulators and lawmakers. 
Last year, the FTC released a damning report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-little-known-health-care-middleman-is-becoming-more-powerful-independent-pharmacies-say-that-spells-disaster-for-patients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that smaller independent pharmacies suffer because of PBMs restrictions, while large corporate pharmacies like CVS benefit. 
“PBMs hold substantial influence over independent pharmacies by imposing unfair, arbitrary, and harmful contractual terms that can impact independent pharmacies’ ability to stay in business and serve their communities,” the FTC found. 
In Arkansas, Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law preventing PBMs from holding permits for prescription drug sales in the state. After the law was signed, CVS, which owns pharmacy benefits manager, Caremark Rx, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-cvs-pharmacy-in-red-state-might-close-after-crackdown-on-drug-middlemen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it may close all of its pharmacies in Arkansas if it retains its current business model. 
Trump has also weighed in on the issue, signing an executive order targeting PBMs. The order encourages direct consumer purchases, cutting out PBMs, and mandates more pricing transparency.

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said that after a weekend of violent riots — during which property was vandalized and police officers and federal agents were targeted by protesters in the streets of Los Angeles — a local VA clinic was forced to close its doors.
Collins issued the statement on Monday afternoon, one day after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to the California city in an effort to get the riots under control and protect the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who were attempting to enforce federal immigration laws.
The VA secretary shared a photo showing the side of the Los Angeles VA building spray-painted with threats and profanities aimed at federal officials, adding, &#8220;To the violent mobs in Los Angeles rioting in support of illegal immigrants and against the rule of law – Your actions are interfering with Veterans’ health care.&#8221;
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To ensure the safety of Veterans and employees, <a href="https://twitter.com/DeptVetAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeptVetAffairs</a> had to make the difficult decision to temporarily close its LA Ambulatory Care Center. The clinic will reopen as soon as it is safe to do so, and in the meantime, in-person appointments at the facility are being…
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&#8220;To ensure the safety of Veterans and employees, @DeptVetAffairs had to make the difficult decision to temporarily close its LA Ambulatory Care Center. The clinic will reopen as soon as it is safe to do so, and in the meantime, in-person appointments at the facility are being rescheduled or shifted to telehealth,&#8221; he added.
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In an effort to contain the riots, the Trump administration also deployed a number of U.S. Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton, some of whom were expected to relieve the National Guard troops who had already been in the city for nearly two days. Of the 2,000 National Guard troops who were initially deployed to Los Angeles, only approximately 300 have been actively engaged on the streets.

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Veterans Affairs Sec Says ‘Violent Mobs In Los Angeles’ Forced Veterans Clinic To Close

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Dr. Henry Mosley of Johns Hopkins University condemned the “gender ideology” movement, citing the lived experience of his granddaughter, who fell victim to what he describes as “medical malpractice,” IW Features <a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/profile/johns-hopkins-professor-says-granddaughter-prishas-trans-diagnosis-was-medical-malpractice/">reported</a>.  
Mosley, a physician epidemiologist, and professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, first realized the dangers of “gender ideology” when his 16-year-old granddaughter Prisha told him she was transgender. As Mosley’s career largely focused on family planning and preventing abortions, controversy was nothing new to him, but he was not keen on accepting his granddaughter&#8217;s “transgender” diagnosis. 
“I called her counselor, who just completely put me off. She said I didn’t know what I was talking about,” Mosley stated to IW Features. “My son, Jonathan Mosley, who’s a physician, also spoke with her, but there was nothing we could do to persuade her that Prisha was mentally ill.”
According to Mosley, Prisha’s counselor was adamant that her distress stemmed from her family not affirming her “trans” identity. Despite this, Mosley observed that Prisha was self-harming, attempting suicide, and “having all kinds of serious mental health problems.” 
The American Medical Association (AMA) <a href="https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/should-mental-health-screening-and-psychotherapy-be-required-prior-body-modification-gender/2016-11">guidelines</a> require mental health screening and psychotherapy for gender-confused patients, the lack of which ultimately led to Prisha’s decline. 
“[Gender ideology] is like a cult or a religion, and you can’t persuade people who have certain religious beliefs that they are contrary to science,” Mosley said. 
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Like many trans-identifying individuals, Prisha broke away from her family and integrated into a transgender community in Florida. During this time, Mosley kept in communication with her and said he would support her in any way he could. 
“When she broke up with her partner and decided to leave Florida, we helped her,” Mosley said. “She had found a job in Michigan, and we rented her a truck and helped her make the move.”
While living in Michigan, Prisha chose to detransition, and since then, she’s become an advocate, bringing awareness to the dangers of “gender ideology.”
“I’m grateful that people in my family are listening to me and care about the damage that happened,” Prisha told IW Features. “People trust doctors, but recently, doctors working with patients who claim to be trans have been dishonest and harmful.”
Prisha has <a href="https://ncfamily.org/nc-detransitioners-lawsuit-first-to-proceed-in-court/">filed a lawsuit</a> against the medical professionals who pushed her to transition, as have many other detransitioners. Mosley said the underlying issue is money and that the “lawsuits are going to have a huge impact.” 
“Her mental illness was not relieved at all by transition,” Mosley said. “She was told that ‘You’re really a male, and if you just transition, life is going to be good.’ Well, of course, none of her mental health symptoms were alleviated by living as a male.” 
Mosley followed in his granddaughter’s footsteps by becoming an advocate for children vulnerable to this ideology, <a href="https://cnsmaryland.org/2025/03/13/lawmakers-seek-to-ban-gender-affirming-medication-for-minors/">testifying</a> at the Maryland State House and urging lawmakers to ban “gender-affirming care.” He also published an <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/03/21/schools-not-the-place-to-discuss-transgender-ideology-reader-commentary/">op-ed</a> in the Baltimore Sun, where he says “gender ideology” should be kept out of schools. 
Unfortunately, Mosley said he has not been able to have an impact on Johns Hopkins, where he says his medical records at the university have been changed from saying “sex” to “sex assigned at birth.” 
“I emailed the CEO of the medical school with a little information about biology, and he never responded,” Mosley said. 
Mosley refers to what happened to his granddaughter and others as “medical malpractice” in the gender medicine field, and he said he will continue to be outspoken about it.
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&#8220;It looks like a baby. It was on the ground moving.&#8221;
That is what an 18-year-old girl told a pregnancy center employee after taking an abortion pill she ordered online from overseas.
It is just one of the shocking incidents workers in PreBorn&#8217;s pro-life pregnancy center network have experienced as they scramble to help desperate women who show up seeking help after taking the abortion pill.
PreBorn founder Dan Steiner spoke to The Daily Wire about his group&#8217;s harrowing work. He said women often show up at his clinics &#8220;severely traumatized&#8221; after days of severe bleeding.
&#8220;I&#8217;m talking about their mattress being soaked with blood, and that&#8217;s very dangerous,&#8221; Steiner said. &#8220;That trauma is bringing them into our clinics, and it&#8217;s twofold. One is the bleeding, but even more traumatic is that they are delivering the baby on the floor, in their bathroom toilet.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re bringing this into our clinics, like wrapped in washcloths, you know, these little babies,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s traumatizing our clinic workers as well.&#8221;
Sometimes, the pregnancy center has an arrangement with a local cemetery to dispose of babies&#8217; bodies in a dignified way. But &#8220;that&#8217;s not the case with a lot of our clinics,&#8221; Steiner said.
Afterward, he noted, women &#8220;have to go back to the scene of the crime, their own bathroom, every day for the rest of their lives.&#8221;
&#8220;This is just a nightmare on steroids,&#8221; Steiner said. &#8220;It definitely kills their baby, but it also kills their hearts.&#8221;
On top of this, women often end up with severe complications after taking mifepristone, the popular abortion drug.
The two-pill chemical abortion regimen — mifepristone, usually followed by misoprostol — aims to end the life of the unborn baby and expel it from the woman’s uterus. However, the drugs sometimes fail to expel all the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications.
A study released last month shows the abortion pill is many times more dangerous than the FDA claims.
More than one in 10 women suffer “serious adverse events” after taking mifepristone, which can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis, insurance claim data <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-pill-22-times-more-dangerous-than-fda-claimed-new-study-says?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Abortion+Pill+22+Times+More+Dangerous+Than+FDA+Claimed%2C+New+Study+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a>.
This is about 22 times higher than what the FDA put on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023. The FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions” to mifepristone.
The pill also has a high failure rate. More than one in 20 women need a second abortion after mifepristone fails, the insurance data <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1-in-20-women-need-second-abortion-attempt-after-abortion-pill-fails?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=More+Than+1+in+20+Women+Need+Second+Abortion+Attempt+After+Abortion+Pill+Fails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a>.
According to Steiner, the typical woman who comes to PreBorn for help is between 19 and 24, has multiple sexual partners, and likely does not know how far along she is in her pregnancy. That makes taking the abortion pill more dangerous, since it is only designed to be effective in early pregnancy.
Many women also change their minds after taking mifepristone, and frantically search online for how to reverse the drug&#8217;s effects and save their pregnancy.
Heartbeat International is a pro-life organization that reaches those women through its Abortion Pill Rescue Network, which has helped more than 6,000 women reverse their abortions with progesterone.
Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, said that for most of the women who reach out to them, the experience of abortion was &#8220;not as promised.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not &#8216;just a pill&#8217; and it&#8217;s not &#8216;safer than Tylenol,'&#8221; he told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Once they begin to have significant symptoms, they sometimes call with deep regret and we must get them to care immediately.
Godsey recalled one mother, Sara, who took the abortion pill for her fourth baby because her boyfriend threatened to leave her if she did not.
&#8220;She realized her mistake and said it felt like a darkness had come over her,&#8221; Godsey said.
In desperation, the woman called the Abortion Pill Rescue Network&#8217;s hotline, and the nurse who answered connected her with a clinic that gave her progesterone.
The boyfriend kept his promise and left Sara and the children. But the baby, Isaiah, is now six, in kindergarten, plays soccer, and has a large extended family who &#8220;adore him,&#8221; Godsey said.
But not every story has a happy ending.
One woman took the abortion pill while carrying twins and delivered a &#8220;perfectly formed, deceased, tiny baby boy,&#8221; Godsey said. She called the Abortion Pill Rescue Network to stop the abortion and save her second baby, but it was too late — she quickly delivered a second deceased baby.
&#8220;That evening alone in her backyard she buried her tiny babies,&#8221; Godsey said. &#8220;I often think of her when I hear the lie that abortion empowers women. Instead, it often brings them to their lowest point.&#8221;
Medication abortions are far more common than surgical abortions. Medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023, up from 31% in 2014, <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute.
The abortion pill is likely the main factor driving up the country’s total number of abortions in recent years, even in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Abortion advocates have argued that the abortion pill should be more available to order online now that some Republican-led states ban abortion.
A few months before Roe was overturned, the FDA scrapped the requirement that women must obtain abortion pills in-person from a health provider, allowing them to obtain them online through the mail.
Steiner said the FDA engaged in &#8220;ideological, intentional ignorance&#8221; on the dangers of mifepristone.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve known it all along. They would have to know it all along,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If it was Xanax and women were hospitalized because of taking Xanax, pull it!&#8221;
Steiner said that short of pulling mifepristone from the market, he would like to see it slapped with a black box warning, the FDA&#8217;s most serious warning. He would also like to see the Trump administration enforce the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that criminalized mailing abortion material.
Mifepristone was approved by the FDA in 2000.
Godsey slammed the FDA as well, saying the agency has relied on &#8220;highly controlled clinical trials performed by the abortion industry.&#8221;
&#8220;No one even knows how many abortions are happening or how many women are being harmed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t healthcare, and women deserve better.&#8221;

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When The Abortion Pill Goes Wrong, These Pro-Life Groups Pick Up The Pieces

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) warned on Sunday that people &#8220;will literally die&#8221; if President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; passes through Congress and is enacted into law.
The alarmist statement, which the White House quickly disputed, came during an &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; interview on CNN.
&#8220;This bill actually hurts everyday Americans in order to reward billionaires,&#8221; Jeffries said. &#8220;It would strip away health care from approximately 14 million Americans. Premiums, co-pays, and deductibles for tens of millions more will go up. Actually, if it ever were to be implemented into law, hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down, and people will literally die.&#8221;
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Hakeem Jeffries says &#8220;PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY DIE&#8221; if the One Big Beautiful Bill becomes law.
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The official &#8220;Rapid Response&#8221; account on X for the White House posted a clip of the comments and issued a pointed retort.
&#8220;Hakeem Jeffries says &#8216;PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY DIE&#8217; if the One Big Beautiful Bill becomes law,&#8221; the account <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1929176824321348033" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Of course, everything he says is a complete lie because the bill PROTECTS health care for American citizens.&#8221;
Much of the Democrats&#8217; criticism of the bill, which is now in the hands of the GOP-led Senate after passing through the Republican-controlled House, centers on its proposed reforms to Medicaid.
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In a separate <a href="https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1929238985441693763" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted there are &#8220;no Medicaid cuts&#8221; featured in the legislation, emphasizing that it seeks to remove illegal immigrations from the program and implement work requirements for able-bodied people.
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Speaker Mike Johnson: &#8220;We&#8217;re not cutting Medicaid. What we&#8217;re doing is strengthening the program. We&#8217;re reducing fraud, waste, and abuse that is rampant in Medicaid to ensure &#8230; that it&#8217;s available for the most vulnerable.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/GnGnfggzEC">pic.twitter.com/GnGnfggzEC</a>
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&#8220;We&#8217;re not cutting Medicaid. What we&#8217;re doing is strengthening the program,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;We&#8217;re reducing fraud, waste, and abuse that is rampant in Medicaid&#8221; and &#8220;ensure[ing] that it&#8217;s available for the most vulnerable. It&#8217;s intended for young, you know, single, pregnant women and the disabled and the elderly.&#8221;
Also in his interview, Jeffries was <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/1929196237690970384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted</a> with new CNN polling that found only 19% of Americans say the Democrats can get things done — a lower number than the 36% for Republicans — and only 16% say his party has strong leaders.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> responds to a CNN poll showing just 16% of Americans think the Democratic Party has strong leaders:
JEFFRIES: &#8220;There&#8217;s real frustration amongst the American people. They should be frustrated. Housing costs are too high. Child care costs –&#8221;
BASH: &#8220;But they&#8217;re… <a href="https://t.co/QjYQZMJcea">pic.twitter.com/QjYQZMJcea</a>
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&#8220;Yeah, we don&#8217;t have the presidency right now, so that&#8217;s always going to be challenging a few months after a presidential election,&#8221; Jeffries said, adding later, &#8220;Understandably, there&#8217;s real frustration amongst the American people. They should be frustrated. Housing costs are too high. Child care costs&#8230;&#8221;
CNN anchor Dana Bush interjected, &#8220;But they&#8217;re frustrated with you as well, with Democrats as well,&#8221; to which Jeffries replied, &#8220;Of course. They&#8217;re frustrated with the system.”

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The vast majority of Americans support President Donald Trump&#8217;s actions to make medical prices more transparent, according to an <a href="https://www.patientrightsadvocate.org/prapollingmemomay2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusive poll</a> shared with The Daily Wire.
The poll from Echelon Insights found that most Americans, including Democrats and independents, support Trump&#8217;s February executive order that requires hospitals and insurers to display the actual costs of treatment, not just estimates. Of those surveyed, 74% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 91% of Republicans said they supported Trump&#8217;s policy proposal.
“Voters overwhelmingly think that patients should get real, actual prices for healthcare services before they receive them – and also don’t think that is currently what patients get in our healthcare system,&#8221; pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson wrote in a memo shared with The Daily Wire. &#8220;As a result, they strongly support leaders trying to do something about the issue, enforcing radical price transparency measures and going bold on this issue.”
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The poll, commissioned by PatientsRightsAdvocate.org, surveyed over 2,000 likely voters from April 21-23. The organization previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/patients-group-praises-trump-for-radical-health-care-executive-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rolled out</a> a billboard campaign in Times Square and outside the Department of Health and Human Services, which thanked Trump for the executive order.
In the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-make-healthcare-prices-transparent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a>, Trump directed his administration to ensure that hospitals make “more meaningful price information available to patients to support a more competitive, innovative, affordable, and higher quality healthcare system.” Trump directed the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services Secretaries to come up with guidance to enforce the transparency regulations intended to increase competition among health care providers. The goal is to mandate that hospitals list more explicitly the price of different treatments and care.
The poll also found that 96% of Americans agree that they “deserve to know the price of their healthcare before they receive it,&#8221; and over 90% agree that it wasn&#8217;t fair to require financial agreements to cover all medical costs not covered by insurance before having an accurate estimate of the cost.
Republican strategist David Kochel said that the issue of pricing transparency could be a winning issue for Republicans, saying his family was charged $15,000 for a $170 EpiPen for his son.
&#8220;Voters are tired of being blindsided by outrageous hospital bills and hidden costs,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They want real accountability and the power to make informed choices about their care. The GOP should be shouting this from the rooftops: we’re the party that fights for fairness, choice, and affordability in healthcare. By championing transparency, we side with consumers over special interests, with small businesses over big industry, and with families over the status quo.&#8221;
Last week, Trump took more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-order-to-reduce-drug-prices-tells-rest-of-world-to-pay-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive action</a> on health care, signing a directive seeking to make drug prices in America comparable to the rest of the world by slashing bureaucracy.

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Joe Biden&#8217;s office announced Sunday that the former president had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diagnosed</a> with an &#8220;aggressive form&#8221; of prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones.
Almost immediately, doctors took to social media to explain the diagnosis and what it meant for Biden. But many physicians were shocked that Biden — who in theory underwent routine, high-quality medical examinations in the White House — did not have his cancer discovered until it had progressed to such a late stage.
The timing led some doctors to wonder whether Biden&#8217;s physicians had missed something, or if an earlier diagnosis had gone unreported.
&#8220;Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer,&#8221; Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who previously served as the White House physician, wrote on X. &#8220;Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than providing world class medical care.&#8221;
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Sad and unfortunate and I wish the former President the best in his treatment of this cancer. Care at the White House should be second to none. Unbelievable this was missed, but the truth is, his physician was more concerned about assisting with the political cover up than…
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Many doctors who raised questions about Biden&#8217;s diagnosis noted that prostate cancer is commonly detected early with a simple blood test for <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/psa-fact-sheet">Prostate-Specific Antigen</a> (PSA), a protein that can indicate the presence of cancer. When detected early — in Stages I,II, or III, when the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate gland — the average five-year survival rate is close to 100%. The average five-year survival rate for men with Stage IV or metastatic prostate cancer drops to 28%.
Dr. Chris George, who serves as the medical director of Northwestern Health Network&#8217;s cancer program, told Reuters it was concerning that Biden&#8217;s cancer had already spread to his bones.
&#8220;What concerns me &#8230; is the fact that the cancer has been reported to have already spread beyond the prostate to the bones. And when the cancer has spread to the bones, that makes it stage 4, that that means that the cancer is not curable,&#8221; George said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no treatment available that can cure the cancer. There&#8217;s definitely treatment available that can control the cancer.&#8221;
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Dr. Chris George, medical director of the cancer program for the Northwestern Health Network, spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reuters</a> : “What concerns me &#8230; is the fact that the cancer has been reported to have already spread beyond the prostate to the bones. And when the cancer has spread to the…
— Nandita Bose (@nanditab1) <a href="https://twitter.com/nanditab1/status/1924243378314555523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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George said it was possible that Biden&#8217;s cancer was simply so aggressive that it had advanced dramatically since Biden&#8217;s last routine physical. But he said that scenario still raised questions as to whether a PSA screening might have caught the problem sooner.
&#8220;I would assume that the former president gets a very thorough physical every year,&#8221; George said. &#8220;I would be interested to know what his PSA was the last time it was checked.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s sort of hard for me to believe that he&#8217;s had a PSA within the past year, that was normal,&#8221; George told Reuters. &#8220;It&#8217;s possible. It&#8217;s definitely possible, but that would surprise me … Usually prostate cancer doesn&#8217;t, you know, go full throttle like this too often. When it does, that&#8217;s usually a bad, bad sign. That&#8217;s an aggressive cancer for sure. But it does seem odd to me.&#8221;
Dr. Steven Quay, a former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine&#8217;s Pathology Department, also noted the significance of PSA screenings and how well it can detect prostate cancer in its early stages.
&#8220;Prostate cancer is the easiest cancer to diagnose when it first starts and to watch it progress to bone metastases. The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth,&#8221; Quay said in an X post.
&#8220;For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic. Meaning, it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025. It is highly likely he was carrying a diagnosis of prostate cancer throughout his White House tenure and the American people were uninformed.&#8221;
In response to post suggesting that Biden may not have been tested — some guidelines to not recommend PSA screenings for men over 70 unless they have risk factors — Quay pushed back.
&#8220;It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice President, and President could not have undergone routine blood tests that included PSA,&#8221; Quay said. &#8220;I repeat my belief that it would be malpractice to not test PSA in a male U.S. President.&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, there are less than 5% of patients who can present with metastatic disease without primary indications via the PSA but &#8230; Come on, Man!!&#8221;
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Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC),  a surgeon, also stressed the importance of PSA screenings and wondered how it was possible that Biden would not have been screened.
&#8220;Prostate cancer is diagnosed by a blood test called prostate specific antigen, or PSA as well as rectal examination. Makes me wonder why someone running for President of the United States, especially someone who is elderly, did not have these examinations. Screening is critical.&#8221;
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Prostate cancer is diagnosed by a blood test called prostate specific antigen, or PSA as well as rectal examination. Makes me wonder why someone running for President of the United States, especially someone who is elderly, did not have these examinations. Screening is critical.
— Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (@RepGregMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGregMurphy/status/1924214719277105314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dr. Howard Forman — a professor of radiology, economics, public health, and management at Yale University — said it was &#8220;inconceivable&#8221; that Biden had showed no prior signs of the disease.
&#8220;It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency. Gleason grade 9 would have had an elevated PSA level for some time before this diagnosis. And he must have had a PSA test numerous times before. This is odd. I wish him well and hope he has an opportunity for maximizing his quality of life,&#8221; he said.
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It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency. Gleason grade 9 would have had an elevated PSA level for some time before this diagnosis. And he must have had a PSA test numerous times before. This is odd.
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Urologist Dr. David Shusterman told NewsNation Sunday that Biden&#8217;s diagnosis would make sense for someone who wound up in the emergency room after forgoing medical care for years — not a former president receiving top-notch care.
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Urologist Dr. David Shusterman joins <a href="https://twitter.com/natashanzouves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@natashanzouves</a> to discuss President Biden&#8217;s prostate cancer diagnosis, which his office labeled an aggressive form of cancer. 
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Dr. Drew Pinsky questioned whether or not Biden&#8217;s health care team might have known something sooner.
&#8220;To be fair, beginning with the finding of a nodule and then discovering advanced disease does not pass the sniff test,&#8221; Dr. Drew Pinsky said. &#8220;Someone not receiving adequate or routine healthcare this would make some sense but does not fit the level of medical supervision given to POTUS,&#8221; he said.
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— Dr. Drew (@drdrew) <a href="https://twitter.com/drdrew/status/1924233458978808190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Doctors Raise Questions About Timing Of Biden Cancer Diagnosis: ‘Unbelievable This Was Missed’

Doctors Raise Questions About Timing Of Biden Cancer Diagnosis: 'Unbelievable This Was Missed'

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, told lawmakers on Wednesday that he has requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) do a &#8220;complete review&#8221; of the abortion pill.
The announcement was welcomed by pro-life conservatives, who previously wondered how RFK Jr., a former Democrat, would respond to abortion-related issues, having previously said that while he believes every abortion is a “tragedy,” the issue is “more nuanced and complex.”
During Wednesday&#8217;s Senate committee hearing, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked RFK Jr. if he was aware of a new analysis from the Ethics &amp; Public Policy Center indicating that mifepristone is many times more dangerous than the FDA says on the label for the abortion pill, and he said he was.
&#8220;It&#8217;s alarming,&#8221; RFK Jr. told Hawley.
&#8220;Clearly, it indicates that at the very least the label should be changed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve asked Marty Makary, who&#8217;s the director of the FDA, to do a complete review and to report back.&#8221;
RFK Jr. also said that he did not yet have a sense of the timeline of the review.
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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-pill-22-times-more-dangerous-than-fda-claimed-new-study-says?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Abortion+Pill+22+Times+More+Dangerous+Than+FDA+Claimed%2C+New+Study+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> released last month found that more than one in 10 women experienced a “serious adverse event” after taking the mifepristone abortion pill in 2023. This can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.
That is about 22 times higher than what the FDA listed on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023. The FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions” to mifepristone.
Meanwhile, more than one in 20 women need a second abortion attempt after the abortion pill fails, another analysis of insurance claim data <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1-in-20-women-need-second-abortion-attempt-after-abortion-pill-fails?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=More+Than+1+in+20+Women+Need+Second+Abortion+Attempt+After+Abortion+Pill+Fails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> this week showed.
&#8220;We&#8217;re very thankful for this announcement from Secretary Kennedy. We encourage the FDA to conduct its own study to best ensure that women are given an honest and clear presentation of the dangers of the abortion pill,&#8221; Ryan Anderson, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and one of the authors of the analysis told The Daily Wire.
The two-pill chemical abortion regimen — mifepristone, usually followed by misoprostol — aims to end the life of the unborn baby and expel it from the woman’s uterus. However, the drugs sometimes fail to expel all the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications.
A few months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the FDA scrapped the requirement that women must obtain abortion pills in person from a healthcare provider, allowing them to get them online through the mail.
“We applaud Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his swift directive to FDA for a thorough study of the dangerous chemical abortion pill,” Doug Truax, founder of Foundation for the Restoration of America, which put out another report on the abortion pill&#8217;s &#8220;serious adverse events&#8221; told The Daily Wire.
“The health and safety of women is at risk and we can’t allow ideology to trump science,” Truax said.
Last year, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-challenges-rfk-jr-on-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">challenged</a> Kennedy Jr. on abortion during an interview, telling him that abortion is “not just a tragedy. It’s a crime against the child because the child has an independent interest. What do you say to that?”
“I say that I understand that position, and I don’t agree with it,” Kennedy responded, adding that he believes “the solution of having the state come in and dictate choices that a woman is making is not a good solution.”
RFK Jr. appeared before both Senate and House committees on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trump&#8217;s proposed budget cuts to the HHS, which RFK Jr. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/rfk-jr-hhs-overhaul-hearing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> would be &#8220;painful&#8221; but would save money “without impacting critical services.”

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RFK Jr. Wants ‘Complete Review’ Of Abortion Pill, Says Prescription Label Downplays Risks

RFK Says He Has Asked FDA For 'Complete Review' Of Abortion Pill After Data On Dangers

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing to freeze enrollment for illegal immigrants in the state&#8217;s free health care program.
Newsom&#8217;s 2025-2026 revised budget proposal, which is set to be released later on Wednesday, plans to block new adult applications from illegal immigrants to the Medi-Cal program as soon as January 1, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-14/newsom-walks-back-free-healthcare-for-undocumented-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The governor, who previously expanded Medi-Cal from going to children of low-income illegal immigrants to making it available to all income-eligible illegal immigrants, is now concerned about cutting back on California&#8217;s spending as the state faces a budget deficit. The expanded free health program has cost billions more than the state expected.
In addition to freezing enrollment at the beginning of next year, Newsom also wants to begin charging illegal immigrants who remain in the program $100 a month, starting in 2027, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/california-newsom-healthcare-budget.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Newsom&#8217;s office says the change will save California $5.4 billion through 2028-2029.
Last year, California became the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/california-1st-state-offer-health-insurance-undocumented-immigrants/story?id=105986377" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first state</a> to offer free health insurance to illegal immigrants, but the program quickly ballooned as more joined than the state had expected, according to the L.A. Times. California lawmakers and Gov. Newsom recently approved a $3.4 billion loan to pay for the expanded program&#8217;s extra expenses through June. It&#8217;s the third straight year that Newsom and Democratic lawmakers have been forced to cut spending after allocating more money for big government programs than the state has available to spend.
Newsom has also blamed President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariffs for hurting California&#8217;s economy, projecting that the state would lose $16 billion in revenue between 2025 and 2026.
Newsom&#8217;s revised budget proposal also comes as the Trump administration targets state-funded programs for illegal immigrants. Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/12/department-homeland-security-investigates-state-california-providing-federal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an investigation into California&#8217;s program that hands out cash assistance to elderly illegal immigrants who are ineligible for Social Security because of their immigration status. The Trump administration is pushing to &#8220;make sure those in this country illegally are not receiving federal benefits or other financial incentives to stay illegally.&#8221;
“Radical left politicians in California prioritize illegal aliens over our own citizens, including by giving illegal aliens access to cash benefits,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “The Trump Administration is working together to identify abuse and exploitation of public benefits and make sure those in this country illegally are not receiving federal benefits or other financial incentives to stay illegally. If you are an illegal immigrant, you should leave now. The gravy train is over. While this subpoena focuses only on Los Angeles County – it is just the beginning.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says he is ready to assist President Donald Trump in lowering drug prices if the commander-in-chief is &#8220;serious&#8221; about doing it.
The offer came on Monday after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-order-to-reduce-drug-prices-tells-rest-of-world-to-pay-up?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Signs+Order+To+Reduce+Drug+Prices%2C+Tells+Rest+Of+World+To+Pay+Up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> an executive <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing-to-american-patients/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> that aims to align U.S. prescription drug prices to match the lowest amount offered to other developed nations, promote &#8220;direct-to-consumer&#8221; sales at these rates, and prevent foreign countries from &#8220;freeloading&#8221; on American-funded pharmaceutical innovation.
&#8220;I agree with President Trump: It is an outrage that the American people pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs,&#8221; Sanders said in a <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-trumps-executive-order-on-prescription-drugs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. &#8220;It is beyond unacceptable that we pay, in some cases, ten times more for the same exact prescription drugs than people in other major countries. But let’s be clear: The problem is not that the price of prescription drugs is too low in Europe and Canada. The problem is that the extraordinarily greedy pharmaceutical industry made over $100 billion in profits last year by ripping off the American people.&#8221;
Sanders added: &#8220;Further, as Trump well knows, his executive order will be thrown out by the courts. If Trump is serious about making real change rather than just issuing a press release, he will support legislation I will soon be introducing to make sure we pay no more for prescription drugs than people in other major countries. If Republicans and Democrats come together on this legislation, we can get it passed in a few weeks.&#8221;
Trump unveiled his executive order during a press conference at the White House. He was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79QL4UDU44" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who in the 2024 cycle ran unsuccessfully for the presidency while challenging the Democratic Party&#8217;s establishment, just like Sanders did in 2016 and 2020. Kennedy Jr. said that Democrat leaders have promised Americans for 20 years they would lower drug prices without actually doing it and asserted that Trump&#8217;s effort now was the &#8220;fulcrum&#8221; of Sanders&#8217; campaigns for the White House.
&#8220;I have a couple of kids who are Democrats, are big Bernie Sanders fans, and when I told them that this was gonna happen, they had tears in their eyes because they thought this was never going to happen in our lifetime, and we finally have a president who&#8217;s willing to stand up for the American people,&#8221; Kennedy Jr. said.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) echoed the call for action, urging Congress to make Trump’s move <a href="https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1921950612104601836" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;permanent&#8221;</a> through legislation he introduced with Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT).
Their <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/in-bipartisan-push-hawley-welch-introduce-major-legislation-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, the &#8220;Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act,&#8221; would keep pharmaceutical companies from charging higher drug prices in the United States than the average in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom, with penalties of 10 times the price difference per unit sold for violations.

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Bernie Offers To Help Trump If He’s ‘Serious’ About Lower Drug Prices

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Drugs

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President Donald Trump said Sunday he will sign an executive order that will reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals “almost immediately by 30% to 80%.”
Trump announced the move in a post on Truth Social. The order aims to bring “FAIRNESS TO AMERICA” by lowering drug costs in the United States while raising them throughout the rest of the world.
“Therefore, I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114491534347862682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World,” he said. “Our Country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare Costs will be reduced by numbers never even thought of before. Additionally, on top of everything else, the United States will save TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.”
The plan to link the cost of drugs in the United States to the cost of drugs in foreign countries comes after the president announced last month that he plans to enact “major” tariffs on pharmaceuticals.
“We’re going to tariff our pharmaceuticals,” Trump <a href="https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/trump-major-tariffs-pharmaceuticals-coming-europe/744829/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the National Republican Congressional Committee. “And once we do that, they’re going to come rushing back into our country because we’re the big market.”
In the United States, drugs are significantly more costly than elsewhere in the world. On average, prices in the United States are ​​2.78 times higher than those seen in 33 other nations, according to a 2024 Rand Corporation <a href="https://www.rand.org/news/press/2024/02/01.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>.
For brand name drugs, the price difference is even starker: “The gap between prices in the United States and other countries is even larger for brand-named drugs, with U.S. prices averaging 4.22 times those in comparison nations.”
Some of the contributing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/health/us-drug-prices.html">factors</a> to high drug costs in the United States are the lack of transparency in drug prices and the prevalence in foreign countries of having centralized government negotiators haggling over the cost of pharmaceuticals.

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