Hawnjigs
KISS
Bernie Sanders is getting bad press from certain media sectors for being a "socialist" or even "communist" but far as I know he's the only politician to actively address the issue with more than lip service.
"Today I took people with diabetes across the border from Detroit to Canada to buy insulin — medication they need to survive.
In the United States, a single vial of insulin costs on average $340. But in Canada, the same exact drug is just $30.
We have to ask ourselves why this is possible. And it is because of two factors: the greed of the pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the fact that these companies buy off politicians who will protect their greed.
These lower prices are possible in Canada because that country negotiates drug prices with drug companies. They have the common sense to say that drug company profits are not more important than the lives of their citizens.
[size=medium]The United States must negotiate for lower drug prices, and it must allow cheaper drugs to be imported from other countries."[/size]
Altho my BP med is relatively inexpensive compared to others, I still cut the pills in half to stretch them out, remnant mentality from being brought up in a financially struggling family where I had to wait till age 12 to get my first rod & reel. I'm sure I ain't the only one.
"Today I took people with diabetes across the border from Detroit to Canada to buy insulin — medication they need to survive.
In the United States, a single vial of insulin costs on average $340. But in Canada, the same exact drug is just $30.
We have to ask ourselves why this is possible. And it is because of two factors: the greed of the pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the fact that these companies buy off politicians who will protect their greed.
These lower prices are possible in Canada because that country negotiates drug prices with drug companies. They have the common sense to say that drug company profits are not more important than the lives of their citizens.
[size=medium]The United States must negotiate for lower drug prices, and it must allow cheaper drugs to be imported from other countries."[/size]
Altho my BP med is relatively inexpensive compared to others, I still cut the pills in half to stretch them out, remnant mentality from being brought up in a financially struggling family where I had to wait till age 12 to get my first rod & reel. I'm sure I ain't the only one.
