WATCH: Someone in Washington is keeping his promises
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Lost in House Democrats’—and the media’s—obsession with trying to “win” the pointless Beltway news cycle is this: There are actual, real problems that the American people want Washington to help fix. And today, only one party is even trying to fix them.
The left’s rage hasn’t deterred President Donald J. Trump one bit. Less than 3 years after Election Day 2016, his record on the policies that matter most speaks for itself:
- The United States Military is stronger than it’s ever been.
- America’s unemployment rate today is near a half-century low.
- Medicare is being protected for seniors, not robbed to pay everyone else.
- ISIS’ territorial caliphate is decimated, and its horrible, violent leader is dead.
- Historic criminal justice reform is giving more citizens a second chance.
- Our troops are coming home, not fighting endless wars around the world.
That’s just the short list. And no matter how hard Democrats and their media allies fight to remake America into a socialist, open-borders nightmare, President Trump and conservatives will fight ten times harder to protect the American way of life for all of us. |
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NEW: Drug prices fall at fastest rate in 50 years
Here’s yet another story you won’t see in the headlines: Under President Trump, prescription drug prices are decreasing at rates not seen since the 1960s.
The reason the media ignores this success is that it contradicts the left’s economic narrative. In their view, American healthcare was broken until Obamacare fixed it. (Of course, the fact that Democrat-Socialists are now calling for a “Medicare for All” takeover of healthcare reveals that their own policies have failed, but never mind that.) Any problems with healthcare today are solely because of President Trump, they claim.
The stats don’t lie. In the eight years before President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by a stunning average of 3.6 percent per year. Fast forward to today, and prescription medicine prices have seen year-over-year declines in 9 of the past 10 months, with a 1.1 percent drop as of the most recent month available.
This past June, in fact, the United States saw its largest single-year drop—a 2 percent year-over-year decline—in prescription drug prices since 1967.
That’s no coincidence. Through crucial reforms that most of the media ignored, the Trump Administration has continued to push through generic drug approvals at a record pace. When these drugs enter the market, they boost competition across the board, bringing the direct-to-patient costs down for everyone along with them.
American patients first—that was President Trump’s most important healthcare promise, and he meant it. Because of that, even without Congress’ help, America is better off today than it has been in a long time.
Prescription drug prices are falling at historic levels. Here is the real story. |
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| Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead |
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| President Trump, joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, departs Air Force one in Lexington, Kentucky | November 4, 2019 |
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