A new bill expanding the availability of medicare's low drug prices to every American is being introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley. Can this bill stop the greedy drug companies and let patients and would be patients get the care they need?
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Expanding Medicare's Low Drug Prices To All Americans (w/ Jeff Merkley)
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Senator Merkley is one of the best, most progressive Senators. I appreciate everything he does. Right up there with Bernie.
Jerry Boldenow he sounds like a caring person and reasonable
Somewhere someone is already calculating how much “campaign contributions” will be needed to stop this.
Should be Base on income, Mexico and Canada are cheaper on medication made by the same pharma companies, this adminstration has talk about cheaper drug’s for decades not a dame thing done prices just keep going up, for their Greedy billionaires Millionaires board members an share holders an wall street gains, Now pushing dope for profits an taxes, watch on the news that 1oz of weed was $487.00 profits Greedy bastards an wall street Crooks, An dope pushing Government, Sodom Gomorrah rebuild, has become a heathens hypocrites Nation.
See all the drug ads on TV? For profit drug companies (all of them) create medicine first then creates the disease! Remember “restless legs”? Expensive drug for that but person imagines they have that condition, then big Pharma
…..knows Medicare will probably pay (& elderly are biggest number of patients) so they charge huge profits. Thank you Donald Trump!
HeLL Yeah She right on target so Direct ✌️
I support guaranteed health care for all, every one is talking about Medicare for all. In order for Medicare to beneficiary to all, it needs to be better than medicaid and better than the current Medicare system. Currently Medicare pays up to 80% , it does not fully cover vision and dental, driving the need to purchase a Medicare gap plan(private insurance) which typically you pay a monthly premium, with some plans there is a deductible, co-pay each time you visit your doctor, see a therapist for behavioral health, there maybe limited coverage for behavioral health. When you are on a fix income, poor, working class and struggling to meet the basic needs every nickle you can save counts.
Gosh, how come we pay more? Gosh, how do politicians become so rich? Gosh, why do they get top of the line health care, for free, for life?
I totally agree with what Sen. Jeff Merkley is saying about drug pricing and Medicare.
Been a supporter of Senator Merkley for years despite living in California and Washington. He’s a true leader of the people. Any plans for a Presidential run, Senator?
I recently got billed from an overnight at rhe hospital 38.00 for 1 nicotine patch (I quit) & two Advil both of which I had with me but I had to take theirs. Medicare rules.
Everything he said was great, however, notice how he equated big pharma’s heist of the American public with taxes. Its nothing like a tax. Politicians on boths sides use this kind of language. That’s false equivalent. Taxes are not bad and they should be raised and Thom i wish you wouldn’t allow them to do this. You are so soft handed with democrats, that the slime ball head of the DNC comes on your show. Btw im not a dem or a repub. They both suck