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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

We have got to make certain that the treatments available to people with diabetes are affordable for all Americans.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

Now is the time for us to seriously combat the type 2 diabetes and obesity epidemics in America.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

And if the system provides barriers, as Senator Sanders said, to drugs that could improve your care and your life and your health, then we haven't succeeded in our mission.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

I consider the high cost of prescription drugs to be one of the great crises facing our healthcare system.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

If just 10 percent of people with obesity on Medicare took these drugs, it could cost Medicare up to $27 billion a year.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

Today, we are going to be discussing one of the major health crises in America, and that is the diabetes epidemic.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

We are going to have to take on 1,800 well-paid lobbyists from the pharmaceutical industry here and all of the campaign contributions that they make.

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Bernard Sanders
@bernardsanders· VT· Dec 14, 2023

The assurance of long-term funding is also important to attract new talent to this field and to maintain a pipeline of future generations of scientists to conduct T1D research.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Dec 13, 2023

Let me repeat, these two important drugs, up to 15 times more expensive in the United States than in other countries.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Dec 13, 2023

If a person who's going to serve as the judge is advocating terrorism, or supports terrorism, or sexual misconduct, then that would be a disqualifier.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Dec 13, 2023

If anyone has aspirations to attack minority communities or indeed to attack the Jewish community here in America, they'd have to go through me first.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Dec 13, 2023

And if the system provides barriers, as Senator Sanders said, to drugs that could improve your care and your life and your health, then we haven't succeeded in our mission.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Dec 13, 2023

Right. And so, you condemn what Hamas did to innocent Israelis on October 7th, and you condemn what terrorists did to New York on 9/11?

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Dec 13, 2023

Right. And so, you condemn what Hamas did to innocent Israelis on October 7th, and you condemn what terrorists did to New York on 9/11?

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Dec 13, 2023

We have got to make certain that the treatments available to people with diabetes are affordable for all Americans and are not bankrupting Federal health insurance programs or raising the cost of private insurance.

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Dec 13, 2023

Today I rise in support of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act which will allow schools to offer both unflavored and flavored whole milk for students. Whole milk provides children with 13 essential nutrients for growth, development…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Dec 13, 2023

In order to do that, we must have the courage to take on the greed of the food and beverage industry, which every day is undermining the health and well-being of our children.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Dec 13, 2023

If anyone has aspirations to attack minority communities or indeed to attack the Jewish community here in America, they'd have to go through me first.

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