This story is finally starting to generate some interest during the General Election campaign, although defenders of the NHS don't seem to be using or perhaps even aware of the Trump clip that Newsnight broadcast.Sarah wrote:There was an informative report on Newsnight last night, highlighting how the USA is looking to vastly increase the prices of drugs sold to the NHS as part of any trade deal that the UK might seek to negotiate with them; a policy advocated by Donald Trump. The estimated extra cost for the NHS could reach £428 million per week.
It starts 20 minutes into the programme - available on iPlayer for 28 days:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m ... t-04072019
Jeremy Corbyn claims that his "documents confirm the US is demanding the NHS is on the table in the trade talks" which is an attempt to represent the issue to the public and raise concern; however the "Not For Sale" chants are sending a message so wide of the mark they're pretty much addressing a different point.
The TUC just tweeted:
https://twitter.com/The_TUC/status/1202 ... 17186?s=20
Drug prices, UK vs USA
Insulin
£16.61 £215.30
1300%
Epipen 300mg
£52.90 £523
1000%
Statin 10mg
£0.46 £4.50
980%
Trump and his Big Pharma cronies want to put up drug prices in our NHS.
As we head for polling day, remember what’s at stake.