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Van Coble's avatar

Great rambling Benjamin. I agree with everything you stated. It is time for Congress to act in conjunction with the president's EO on drug pricing. Patients, practitioners, and pharmacies have suffered long enough. Then they need to tackle our completely dysfunctional healthcare system.

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Judy Steiner's avatar

I worked for CVS as a pharmacy tech. I watched people cry as they walked away without life-sustaining medication because they couldn't afford it. Diabetics need their insulin to live. Massachusetts has a law requiring pharmacies to fill with generics unless it says "dispense as written." EpiPens, even the generic brand, are hundreds of dollars. By statute, school-age children are required to have three. Pharmaceuticals claim they need to recoup funds for R&D. Nonsense. The most significant slice of the pie is marketing. R&D is a sliver.

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