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Walter Kirn

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The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Great to be here.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Great to be here.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Great to be here.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Is this a country of politics or a country of issues? Because in this case, Bernie and Trump agree. And Bernie has been loud on this matter for a long time. He should get his butt over to the White House and show some solidarity on this because they're going to need it against the greatest lobby in American life next to the, I suppose, military industrial complex.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Is this a country of politics or a country of issues? Because in this case, Bernie and Trump agree. And Bernie has been loud on this matter for a long time. He should get his butt over to the White House and show some solidarity on this because they're going to need it against the greatest lobby in American life next to the, I suppose, military industrial complex.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Is this a country of politics or a country of issues? Because in this case, Bernie and Trump agree. And Bernie has been loud on this matter for a long time. He should get his butt over to the White House and show some solidarity on this because they're going to need it against the greatest lobby in American life next to the, I suppose, military industrial complex.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

The fact is that drugs like Zempik, and this one in particular, are not that complex. It's a peptide called semaglutide. It can be bought cheaply as the peptide itself. In its patented drug form, it's made more expensive. But the excuse that... The U.S.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

The fact is that drugs like Zempik, and this one in particular, are not that complex. It's a peptide called semaglutide. It can be bought cheaply as the peptide itself. In its patented drug form, it's made more expensive. But the excuse that... The U.S.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

The fact is that drugs like Zempik, and this one in particular, are not that complex. It's a peptide called semaglutide. It can be bought cheaply as the peptide itself. In its patented drug form, it's made more expensive. But the excuse that... The U.S.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

has to pay higher prices, vastly higher prices in order to subsidize the research and development of these drugs so that the rest of the world can benefit from lower prices is ridiculous. But it has been the fig leaf, the massive fig leaf that they have used to cover their profiteering for decades.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

has to pay higher prices, vastly higher prices in order to subsidize the research and development of these drugs so that the rest of the world can benefit from lower prices is ridiculous. But it has been the fig leaf, the massive fig leaf that they have used to cover their profiteering for decades.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

has to pay higher prices, vastly higher prices in order to subsidize the research and development of these drugs so that the rest of the world can benefit from lower prices is ridiculous. But it has been the fig leaf, the massive fig leaf that they have used to cover their profiteering for decades.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Really, under Obamacare, there was a real conspicuous omission because the supposed aim of the bill, of the legislation, was to lower prices for American healthcare, but it did not include negotiation with drug companies for lower prices. Everybody noticed that at the time, that carve-out, as it were, and now Trump's ending it, and frankly,

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Really, under Obamacare, there was a real conspicuous omission because the supposed aim of the bill, of the legislation, was to lower prices for American healthcare, but it did not include negotiation with drug companies for lower prices. Everybody noticed that at the time, that carve-out, as it were, and now Trump's ending it, and frankly,

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Really, under Obamacare, there was a real conspicuous omission because the supposed aim of the bill, of the legislation, was to lower prices for American healthcare, but it did not include negotiation with drug companies for lower prices. Everybody noticed that at the time, that carve-out, as it were, and now Trump's ending it, and frankly,

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

This is a demolition job on mere partisanship because just as you quoted the Young Turks person, if we can't get together on this, then we can't get together on anything.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

This is a demolition job on mere partisanship because just as you quoted the Young Turks person, if we can't get together on this, then we can't get together on anything.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

This is a demolition job on mere partisanship because just as you quoted the Young Turks person, if we can't get together on this, then we can't get together on anything.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Megan, you and I both attended the RFK Jr. confirmation hearings, I happen to know. I was only one row away from you. And I think we saw there both Bernie and Elizabeth Warren hectoring. The man who wanted to pressure big pharma and challenge them on all sorts of fronts, from the effectiveness of their drugs to testing drugs like the vaccines and so on and prices.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Megan, you and I both attended the RFK Jr. confirmation hearings, I happen to know. I was only one row away from you. And I think we saw there both Bernie and Elizabeth Warren hectoring. The man who wanted to pressure big pharma and challenge them on all sorts of fronts, from the effectiveness of their drugs to testing drugs like the vaccines and so on and prices.

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