We applaud Senator Sanders for thinking creatively to figure out new incentives that could result in faster results.
Yeah, I write out the prescriptions, but 40 percent of the people don't bother to fill them.
Senator Bernie Sanders has reminded us that innovation in medicine will require innovation in public policy.
It is a needless tragedy when somebody dies because they can't pay a few pennies for a drug that is out there that can cure them and ease th...
40 percent of Americans reported experiencing, quote, 'at least one of three cost-related concerns in their family: 16 percent say it is a s...
In other words, the government is proactively preventing people from getting the treatment.
Not a real doctor, but it'll do for this committee.
we are asking them to do these illegal things because we don't have the medications available to them.
So for $200, roughly speaking, for the HIV/AIDS cocktail--by not providing that $200, somebody will end up at the hospital.
The United States has today, as I think most Americans know or should know, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
But I am happy to testify in support of a bill that weakens my own argument for that cynical rule.
The 'Open Source Dividend Prize' described in section 9 of Senator Sanders' bill is an innovative way to support this more general need.
Ideally, I think what medicine is about is providing the treatment when people need it.
I certainly agree with that conclusion.
Knowledge should be disseminated and used as widely as possible.
The cost of production is less than 1 percent of the price charged.
the current system forcing--in some cases, mandating that people die because they can't afford the treatment.
We applaud you, Senator Sanders, for thinking creatively to figure out new incentives that could result in faster results.
