# Did Trump cause the cost on insulin to raise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 28, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545 "2025-01-28T19:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/1 "2025-01-28T19:23:04Z")
The best I’ve been able to google is: " Trump rescinded Biden’s 2022 order, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” including it in a list of dozens of former executive actions he described as "[deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices] “” It seems to be a complaint that Trump caused an increase from $35 to $135, but I’ve not been able to find whether or not this is the case. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/2 "2025-01-28T19:27:20Z")
Snopes says, “Mostly true.” > **[Trump Order Walks Back Biden-Era Effort To Lower Prescription Drug Prices....](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-biden-prescription-drug-prices/)** > > There are still other Biden-era measures in place to reduce prescription drug prices, however. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/3 "2025-01-28T19:30:13Z")
Thanks, duality72. That brings up the question in “Politics and Elections”, why? Does he want pharmaceutical companies to make more money, or just because Biden did it? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/4 "2025-01-28T19:33:08Z")
Could just be “fuck you.” Could also be he’s planning to reissue the exact same order in a few weeks and take credit for the effect while pretending Biden’s order didn’t exist and claiming he fixed a problem Biden couldn’t handle. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/5 "2025-01-28T19:33:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Thanks, duality72. > That brings up the question in “Politics and Elections”, why? Does he want pharmaceutical companies to make more money, or just because Biden did it? The answer is “Yes”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/6 "2025-01-28T19:36:22Z")
His reissuing and taking credit sounds very Trumpesque. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/7 "2025-01-29T08:17:39Z")
Not just Biden. Both Biden and Fauci have to be completely erased. RFK Jr is being put in to get revenge on Fauci. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545/8 "2025-01-30T12:22:08Z")
I doubt if trump has ever had trouble paying for prescription medicine. He’s incapable of caring what it costs.