'It's not too late for Congress to take action and pass legislation this summer through budget reconciliation to lower the cost of prescription drugs. But they must act now.'
pharmaceutical corporations donated more to Schrader's reelection than any other industry, his support for keeping drug prices high is no surprise. In return for his loyalty to Pharma over his own constituents, Oregonians voted him out of office in the primary, electing instead Jaime McLeod-Skinner.once she is in office. She built her campaign around the idea that “Big Pharma can’t buy my vote.
This issue is personal for me, because the high cost of prescription drugs nearly killed me. I’m a cancer survivor, and after my first chemotherapy session, my doctor prescribed a medication to help my immune system recover faster. It was $13,000, and insurance didn’t cover it. So I wound up in the hospital with a dangerous infection for an entire week, and almost died. Nobody should have to live like this in the richest country in the world.
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