WSJ News Exclusive | Trump’s Proposed Drug-Discount Cards Will Be Funded by a Medicare Trust Fund

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President Trump said the Medicare beneficiaries will soon receive a card in the mail that can be used to help pay for up to $200 in prescription drug costs

Mr. Trump at a rally in Charlotte, N.C., pledged to send $200 discount cards to people on Medicare, without offering details on how the federal government would implement such a plan. “I will always take care of our wonderful senior citizens,” the president said.

 

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Oh wow $200, thank you sir, that's a lot of money. Who knows, maybe that can buy 2 to 3 pills. That's a lot of medication which should last years?. 🤔

Tammany hall resurrected. Trump is buying votes and destroying democracy. No one is stopping him. We just fact check his lies and note his transgressions. Never thought I’d be living in the Weimar Republic!

Yeah, yeah. And his Platinum Program for black folks sound a lot like “60 acres and a mule” to me! Just a bunch BS designed to fool you into voting for him. Tell him to shove it!

Smoke & mirrors con job.

Try to buy voters? Lol

In the mail? Wait until he hears what the Trump Administration has done to the mail.

Trump is using taxpayer money as campaign funds in an attempt to buy the election. Pitiful that a sitting President has to stoop so low.

Never Forget: Draft Dodger Donald Trump called our American war dead “losers and suckers”. Never Forget: Trump concealed the severity of the Coronavirus. If Trump had called our governors in Feb and told them what he told Woodward, it would have spared over 100,000 lives.

Autographed naturally, and no doubt baring a rictus of the sienna sasquatch.

Where is the money coming from? Isn't this socialism?

attention Medicare recipients, if you don’t want the $20 dollars to help offset your cost for medication, tear it up. And thank yo Democrat leader for doing… Nothing

Using tax payer monies to buy votes!

Blatant socialist vote buying scheme from the party that decries socialism.

He’s out of compaign money so he is using taxpayer money to help his campaign. If this isn’t illegal, it should be.

👏🇺🇸

I think it’s a far better plan to break apart the five companies in the United States that control all medications sold in the United States, things will get cheaper with competition because right now they do price setting

Who is paying for it?

Isn't this like vote buying? Also how's he paying for it?

Mitch! Today we have 207,555 DEATHS still 1K/D. You DECIDED to keep an INCOMPETENT PERSON in the WHITE HOUSE! His FAILURE to manage the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE to the Pandemic has resulted in 30 Million unemployed/no healthcare + RECORD: Bankruptcies Foreclosures Evictions

Medical science is pure Pagan buggery. Only God can cure. So said St Peter of Alcantara.

I live in Australia. Would that pay for a years worth of insulin for a diabetic? As in, their out of pocket expense?

money goes right to the drug companies and we pay for it. how about doing something about prices you idiot

Oh. Bonus. ONE prescription I take to save my life is in the “donut hole”, so I pay $650 ish CO-PAY every month. I can’t complain, I am alive, but i feel guilty taking so much from our retirement savings (chances are I won’t be needing it, but my husband will🥺) $200 🙄

Wait, wait, don't tell me, they'll be coming IN TWO WEEKS

Where is he getting the money from? The WALL’s budget? Mexico?

If the press can do their job ASK for details from the treasury and Medicaid officials of WHERE this is coming from and who is funding this. AND this is illegal to be used as a campaign prank with the orange mans face on it with an ad saying “vote for me !” CREWcrew

You could almost get one drug for that! Thanks America!

How many gallons of bleach?

Cool so... SOCIALISM!!!

Why wasn’t this done earlier?

In some countries, politicians dole out bags of rice and packets of sugar shortly before an election. Trump is doling out $200 cash cards. It's still vote buying.

is this how he gets 'lower drug prices'

Take the bribe then vote him out

Yeah very believable. remember the caravan? Remember the vaccines will be out by the election day? Remember his soon to be released tax returns?

Another corruption move by the WH crook. All the drug price will rise accordingly to reflect the drug shopping sprees. Did the WH crook learn any from obamacare corruption?

Small bite from the doughnut hole.

BRIBE.

Two hundred dollars covers few drugs and is only a down payment on others. What is the purpose of this? I fail to see how it benefits anyone.

This is hilarious. What does $200 get you in America for prescription drugs? Half a prescription? A quarter?

Using government money to buy votes from seniors..yeah not illegal at all

Thanks realDonaldTrump I'm still not voting for you. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Well, that sounds good in theory.

Wow. $200. 😶 That will for sure buy seniors. How's that plan for COVID-19 coming? Oh yeah, herd mentality.

Can we give it to a friend in need? I have my coverage.

President Ponzi!

Health care by EO. realDonaldTrump you are a complete failure.

Donald says a lot of things.

dont worry just buying up the senior votes

Attention Trump supporters: we know how much you despise government handouts so please return the money if every received.

Will there also be a Starbucks gift card?! And coupons for select Goya products?!?

it will probably decline

Thank you misters trump and pence

Already better than Obamacare.

Seniors. He’s just giving you what was yours from the getgo

People are not fools anymore, our votes won’t be bought

A roundabout way to enrich BIG Pharma with Medicare funds.

So now he wants to use the U.S. Mail Service?

That barely pays for one shingles vaccine let alone a prescription. TrumpkillsAmericans

Bribe!

If anyone is unhappy - Send yours back

*votes

Trying to buy his way into bites

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