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How Big Pharma makes profits, drives up prices, and gets Americans addicted

For decades, Americans have paid the highest prescription drug prices in the developed world, often subsidizing lower costs overseas. This episode of Perspective examines how President Trump’s healthcare plan places drug pricing reform at the center of fixing a broken system, focusing on the role of generic drugs, the distortions caused by international price controls, and the promise and controversy of Most Favored Nation pricing. With expert analysis by Jon Potter, executive director at The Coalition Against Pharma Patent Abuse, and Dr. Ken Berry, this program explores whether confronting pharmaceutical costs head-on could finally lower prices for American patients and permanently reset the healthcare market.

18.02.2026
24:17 min
18.02.2026
24:17 min
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How Big Pharma makes profits, drives up prices, and gets Americans addicted
America First with Scottie Nell Hughes is a timely political analysis program examining the policies and priorities emerging from the administration of US President Donald Trump. The show explores the foundations of the “America First” strategy by breaking down the economic, foreign policy, and domestic initiatives that shaped the agenda while examining the reasoning behind them and the results they were designed to achieve.