Read an article last week about how much money big pharma spent to defeat Trump's attempts to bring down drug prices.
>While progressive advocates are still optimistic that a limited drug pricing provision will be included in the Build Back Better Act, the Washington Post on Friday detailed the "massive, months-long advertising, lobbying, and political donation blitz" that Big Pharma and its allies carried out to kill a stronger and overwhelmingly popular proposal that would have done more to protect Americans from the industry's deadly price gouging.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/05/big-pharma-spent-horrifying-sums-money-weaken-drug-price-reform