I was speaking to a man in Australia whose father is kept alive due to a pill that costs $30,000. I repeat that, $30,000. The medicine is entirely paid for by Australia’s universal healthcare system, for no other reason than that he is a citizen.1/3

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Nothing like that exists here; we’ve been trained to expect crumbs. “Of, by and for the people” has been supplanted by 'of, by and for the corporations,' in this case Big Pharma. Thousand suffer and die each year so a soulless, perverted form of capitalism might live 2/3
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Schumer touting this bill as something we should be excited about is pathetic. He should be naming names & taking no prisoners, expressing outrage felt by millions that our govt could do no better than get such tiny concessions from the cold & greedy fingers of Big Pharma. 3/3
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Sanders says Democrats’ prescription drug reform bill is ‘weak’

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that the prescription drug reform proposal that Democrats plan to move under special budget reconciliation rules is “weak,” noti…

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My step son was diagnosed with rare cancer at 19. He had to take medication that cost $18,000 per month for 12 years plus endless specialist visits worth >$200,000 - cost about $30 per month in Australia due to universal health support.
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Bravo Australia! At the same time, no pill should cost $30,000!
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If Breaking Bad was set in Australia, it would last 10 minutes and no crimes would have to occur...
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And that pill likely costs pennies to manufacture, and was likely developed using public funding.
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Here's another drug, been a generic for years now, but still costs US patients $100k per year (everyone paying taxes and for private insurance is paying for this). forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen…
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No pill is worth $30,000, and no pill can "keep you alive." They can help, but this sounds like more drug industry hype.
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Universal public healthcare AND rewritten patent laws. If a company takes public money for R&D then any patent that comes out of that publicly funded R&D is a PUBLIC patent that we the people control and set policy and pricing on.
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I have a 24 night stay in hospital in Australia including one night in intensive care and left only costing me $50 for medication I took home. I don't mind paying a bit extra in tax for coverage like that.
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Expecting crumbs indeed. So strange that American pride has somehow been contorted into abject obedience (with imperialism as a sort of ersatz and perverse sort of dignity)
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Here's my question...if the pill is already created, why does it cost $30,000 anywhere...it's not like they have to reinvent the wheel each time...what's in it that costs so much?
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