President Trump has made absolutely clear that he will not cut one penny from Medicare or Social Security. American Citizens work hard their whole lives, contributing to Social Security and Medicare. These programs are promises to our Seniors, ensuring they can live their golden years with dignity.
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“The plan, released the same day Affordable Care Act open enrollment ends in most states, offered few details and largely restated proposals Trump has previously outlined.”
“If I am back in the White House, I will establish a special Presidential Commission of independent minds who are not bought and paid for by Big Pharma.”
“We will unleash the power of American innovation. And as we do, we will soon be on the verge of finding the cures to cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and many other diseases.”
- STAT Newshttps://www.statnews.com/2024/10/04/trump-prescription-drug-prices-policy-most-favored-nations/ ↗
“On Day One, President Trump will sign an Executive Order to end global freeloading on American consumers once and for all.”
- White House fact sheet· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-second-deal-to-bring-most-favored-nation-pricing-to-american-patients/ ↗
“The agreement will provide every State Medicaid program in the country access to MFN drug prices on AstraZeneca products.”
- P2016.org — Trump June 16, 2015 Announcement Speechhttps://www.p2016.org/trump/trump061615sp.html ↗
“ObamaCare must be repealed and replaced with something far superior and at far less cost.”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1388/repeal-obamacare/ ↗
“Real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing the disaster known as Obamacare.”
- U.S. Senate (Roll Call Vote 115-1, No. 179)· archivedhttps://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1151/vote_115_1_00179.htm ↗
“Vote Result: Amendment Rejected”
- ABC News (Harris-Trump debate transcript)https://abcnews.com/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542 ↗
“I have concepts of a plan. I'm not president right now … if we come up with something, we are working on things, we're going to do it and we're going to replace it.”
- MSNBC / Rachel Maddow Showhttps://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pressed-aca-debate-trump-says-concepts-plan-rcna170599 ↗
“I have concepts of a plan. I'm not president right now. Obamacare was lousy health care. Always was. It's not very good today. And what I said, that if we come up with something, we are working on things, we're going to do it and we're going to replace it.”
- The White House· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-calls-on-congress-to-enact-the-great-healthcare-plan/ ↗
“The Great Healthcare Plan funds a cost-sharing reduction program for healthcare plans which would save taxpayers at least $36 billion and reduce the most common Obamacare plan premiums by over 10%.”
- White House (Executive Order 14212)· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-healthy-again-commission/ ↗
“There is hereby established the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission (Commission), chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services”
- Commission on Presidential Debates — October 9, 2016 Debate Transcript· archivedhttps://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/october-9-2016-debate-transcript/ ↗
“We have to repeal it and replace it with something absolutely much less expensive and something that works, where your plan can actually be tailored.”
- HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (FDA ANDA approvals per fiscal year, 2010-2019)· archivedhttps://aspe.hhs.gov/number-us-fda-anda-approvals-fiscal-year ↗
“This is a bar graph that illustrates the number of existing and first generic drug application approvals per fiscal year, 2010-2019.”
- Factbase / Roll Call — Trump Rally, Virginia Beach VA, Feb 24 2016· archivedhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-virginia-beach-va-february-24-2016/ ↗
“If you bid them out we'll save $300 billion … and we don't even do it. We're going to do it.”
- Federal Register (Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model, rescission final rule, Dec. 29, 2021, doc. 2021-28225)· archivedhttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2021-28225.json ↗
“This final rule rescinds the Most Favored Nation Model interim final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 27, 2020, Federal Register.”
- Factbase / Roll Call — MSNBC Town Hall, Charleston SC, Feb 17 2016· archivedhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-town-hall-msnbc-february-17-2016 ↗
“The problem is, we don't negotiate. We're the largest drug buyer in the world. We don't negotiate. If we negotiated the price of drugs, Joe, we'd save $300 billion a year.”
- KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-harris-medicare-drug-price-negotiation-fact-check/ ↗
“The problem is, we don't negotiate. We're the largest drug buyer in the world. We don't negotiate. If we negotiated the price of drugs, Joe, we'd save $300 billion a year.”
- CBS News — 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelleyhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-60-minutes-scott-pelley/ ↗
“Everybody's got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say... I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not.”
“GOP health bill that passed House would leave 23 million more uninsured in 10 years”
- U.S. Census Bureau· archivedhttps://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-267.html ↗
“In 2018, 8.5 percent of people, or 27.5 million, did not have health insurance at any point during the year. The uninsured rate and number of uninsured increased from 2017 (7.9 percent or 25.6 million).”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1347/make-no-cuts-medicare/ ↗
“I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.”
- The Globe and Mailhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-drug-makers-florida-import-drugs-canada-ron-desantis/ ↗
“Drug makers say they are not working with Florida on plan to import Canadian drugs”
“more than 1,700 grants were canceled nationwide”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1393/require-price-transparency-health-care-providers/ ↗
“Require price transparency from all health care providers, especially doctors and health care organizations like clinics and hospitals.”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1395/allow-free-access-drug-market/ ↗
“Remove barriers to entry into free markets for drug providers that offer safe, reliable and cheaper products.”
“A federal judge struck down sweeping Trump administration orders that resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of National Institutes of Health research grants because they were linked to topics like diversity, gender identity and vaccine hesitancy.”
- NBC Boston (full RNC speech transcript)https://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/read-donald-trumps-full-rnc-speech-accepting-gop-nomination/3432055/ ↗
“I am going to PROTECT Social Security and Medicare—Democrats are going to DESTROY Social Security and Medicare.”
“The Trump administration is proposing cutting that $7 billion cancer budget down to about $4.5 billion.”
- ABC News — Full Text of Trump's 2016 RNC Acceptance Speechhttps://abcnews.com/Politics/full-text-donald-trumps-2016-republican-national-convention/story?id=40786529 ↗
“We will repeal and replace disastrous Obamacare. You will be able to choose your own doctor again.”
- RealClearPolicy — Donald Trump's Contract with the American Voterhttps://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2016/10/30/donald_trumps_contract_with_the_american_voter.html ↗
“On day one, President Trump will move to repeal Obamacare.”
- Physicians for a National Health Program — reproduces donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reformhttps://pnhp.org/news/donald-trump-releases-his-health-reform-proposals/ ↗
“Block-grant Medicaid to the states. Nearly every state already offers benefits beyond what is required in the current Medicaid structure.”
- Federal Register (Importation of Prescription Drugs, final rule, Oct. 1, 2020, doc. 2020-21522)· archivedhttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2020-21522.json ↗
“The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) is issuing a final rule to implement a provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) to allow importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada.”
- Federal Register (CY 2020 Hospital OPPS / Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals, final rule, Nov. 27, 2019, doc. 2019-24931)· archivedhttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2019-24931.json ↗
“This final rule establishes requirements for hospitals operating in the United States to establish, update, and make public a list of their standard charges for the items and services that they provide.”
- 2024 Republican Party Platform (The American Presidency Project)· archivedhttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform ↗
“President Trump has made absolutely clear that he will not cut one penny from Medicare or Social Security. American Citizens work hard their whole lives, contributing to Social Security and Medicare. These programs are promises to our Seniors.”
- Federal Register (Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model, interim final rule, Nov. 27, 2020, doc. 2020-26037)· archivedhttps://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2020-26037.json ↗
“This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) implements the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model, a new Medicare payment model under section 1115A of the Social Security Act (the Act).”
- White House fact sheet· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-make-america-healthy-again-commission/ ↗
“investigating and addressing the root causes of America's escalating health crisis, with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases”
- White House (Executive Order 14297)· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing-to-american-patients/ ↗
“Americans must therefore have access to the most-favored-nation price for these products.”
- The White House (fact sheet, Dec. 19, 2025)· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-largest-developments-to-date-in-bringing-most-favored-nation-pricing-to-american-patients/ ↗
“The agreements will provide every State Medicaid program in the country access to MFN drug prices on products made by the nine companies, resulting in billions of dollars in savings”
- Internal Revenue Service (newsroom guidance on One Big Beautiful Bill HSA provisions, Dec. 2025)· archivedhttps://www.irs.gov/newsroom/treasury-irs-provide-guidance-on-new-tax-benefits-for-health-savings-account-participants-under-the-one-big-beautiful-bill ↗
“bronze and catastrophic plans available through an Exchange are considered HSA-compatible, regardless of whether the plans satisfy the general definition of an HDHP”
- White House fact sheet· archivedhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-to-make-healthcare-prices-transparent/ ↗
“The departments will ensure hospitals and insurers disclose actual prices, not estimates, and take action to make prices comparable across hospitals and insurers, including prescription drug prices.”