Time for Bloomberg  

To the Editor;

Donald Trump talked big about lowering the price of prescription drugs, but instead about the only thing he’s done is take big money. Trump promised nearly 80 times to lower drug prices or claimed he already had — yet, in the first six months of 2019, 3,400 drugs increased their prices at a rate five times higher than inflation. We need a president who won’t sell us out, and who can take real action to lower drug prices. Mike Bloomberg will be that president.

Where the president has delivered nothing but empty promises, I believe Mike will deliver real results. As Mayor of New York, he championed the importation of low-cost drugs from Canada, and launched the BigAppleRx prescription card, which saved New Yorkers more than $1.5 million in its first six months alone. He will continue these efforts into the White House, increasing competition, widening availability and lowering prices across the board.

It’s time we had a president who works for us, not special interests, and gets it done for the American people. It’s time to send Trump and his cabinet with former pharmaceutical executives home. It’s time for Mike Bloomberg.

Raymond Bickmore 

Charleston