September 25, 2025
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Donald Trump today announced the implementation of a 100% tariff on pharmaceutical products unless companies are actively building manufacturing plants in the United States. 314 Action President Shaughnessy Naughton released the following statement in response:
“Trump has unleashed an all out war on the American people, who are already struggling to afford prescription drugs. We are already being crushed by the highest prescription drug cost in the world and this will cause them to skyrocket further. Trump’s tariff war is reckless and unscientific—which seems to be the theme of this administration. No one should be priced out of a prescription, but Trump’s tariffs will force people to choose between affording life-saving medication and basic necessities.
“This means higher drug prices, increased insurance premiums, and greater out-of-pocket costs. Trump’s impulsive reactions and decisions to serious problems are destroying our public health. Between the trillion dollar cuts to Medicaid—which will eliminate health care coverage for 17 million Americans, decimate rural hospitals, and worsen staffing shortages, the Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year—which will skyrocket insurance premiums, and the attacks on pregnant women taking safe pain medication, Trump has created a health care crisis that will take generations to fix.
“If he goes through with these tariffs, people across the country will die, even if they have treatable illnesses. Trump is putting his own ego over lives, plain and simple.”
314 Action is the only national organization working to elect scientists across all levels of government—from the Senate down to local school boards. The organization is powered by a grassroots community of over six million people supporting scientists, doctors, and STEM professionals who will use science and facts to address our most pressing issues like climate change and health care.
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