'Big Pharma is taking television ads trying to make the case that I am raising prescription drug prices on seniors. Friday's event was definitely not the bill-signing the White House had once hoped for. Neither side in Congress has had an incentive to deal, and the White House has been unable to work Trump's will. It had no path forward in the Republican Senate, and the White House calls it unworkable. The White House last year withdrew an earlier version of the proposal, after the Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost taxpayers $177 billion over 10 years.

Source: Daily Mail July 28, 2020 13:10 UTC