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, a member of the Senate Democratic Conference, voiced disappointment with the long-awaited budget reconciliation bill, which will not include provisions to tackle climate change or priorities such as funding for expanded access to child care and universal prekindergarten.
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No pill should cost 30k in the first place. Might as well swallow a diamond. Why do you want your taxpayers to fill the coffers of thiefs? Go to the root of the problem Marianne.
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FB Memory 2016.
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He needs to be in the White House
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Pfizer owns you
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Because they're not serious
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Why exactly should Chuck Schumer be listening to either of you two bitter losers? I’ll answer that. He shouldn’t
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“The American people want Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices like the VA does. The VA has been doing that for decades. The prices they pay are about half as much as Medicare." Quick reminder that market power works: high drug prices are a deliberate policy choice.