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Al Franken co-sponsors.
Sanders, Cummings Introduce Comprehensive Legislation to Lower Soaring Drug Prices
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to address skyrocketing increases in prescription drug prices.
Americans, who already pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world, saw prices jump more than 12 percent last year, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That increase was more than double the rise in overall medical costs. Nearly one in five Americans did not fill a prescription last year because they could not afford it.
Americans should not have to live in fear that they will go bankrupt if they get sick. People should not have to go without the medication they need just because their elected officials arent willing to challenge the drug and health care industry lobby, Sanders said. The pharmaceutical industry spent nearly $230 million on lobbying last year, some $65 million more than any other industry, and employed over 1,400 registered lobbyists.
In light of 1,000 percent price increases and more American families are fed up with trying to afford their medications as they watch drug companies rake in record profits, Ranking Member Cummings said. This commonsense and comprehensive bill will reverse this alarming trend, help put people before profits, and make lifesaving drugs more affordable and accessible to millions of Americans families.
Co-sponsors and supporters:
The Senate bill is cosponsored by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.). The legislation is supported by the Alliance for Retired Americans, Social Security Works, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, National Center for Health Research, Public Citizen, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, and RxRights, representing the voices of millions of Americans.
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9/10/15 Sanders and Cummings Introduce Legislation to Lower Soaring Drug Prices ... (Original Post)
madfloridian
Sep 2015
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msongs
(67,441 posts)1. one of them must be running for president nt
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)7. ......
Rosco T.
(6,496 posts)2. With the ass gouging and extorting that drug for $750 a pill...
... perfect timing.
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)5. Please, Karma
Bite this one on the butt.
Hard!
Thanks!
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)4. K&R for leadership. Two great men at that lectern a couple of weeks ago.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)6. that's nothing. Hillary single handedly made the aids drug profiteer cry uncle in one day
Actually posted on du today.
Go Bernie!
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)8. Did I miss all the media attention when this bill was introduced.
I must have. I just learned about it today.
Not quite sarcasm, but close.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)9. knr n/t