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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Feb 11, 2025

While American families struggle with skyrocketing healthcare costs and grocery bills, Republicans are gearing up to fork over another $150 billion to the military-industrial complex.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Feb 11, 2025

The doomsday that Americans fear in the 21st century isn't being vaporized by a nuclear bomb. It's the doomsday diagnosis of cancer, it's medical debt, it's housing payments or loan payments, it's grocery bills and heating bills.

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Robert Lee
@robertlee· Democratic · PA· Feb 11, 2025

The people want a more efficient government, quality healthcare, housing costs that don't skyrocket, and affordable eggs and groceries—not a bloated military budget that doesn't make us any safer.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
@robertfkennedyjr· Democratic · NY· Feb 10, 2025

Taking from the pot. Your health and access to care is up for negotiation? This should frighten and outrage people.

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Feb 10, 2025

Compared to other developed countries, the United States has among the worst health care outcomes. That is especially true for communities of color, who confront systemic barriers, biases and neglect when seeking necessary, life-saving medical care.

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Roger Marshall
@rogermarshall· Republican · KS· Feb 7, 2025

We believe the ad risks misleading patients by omitting any safety or side effect information.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Feb 6, 2025

an unprecedented rise in the need for behavioral health support.

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Henry Cuellar
@henrycuellar· Democratic · TX· Feb 4, 2025

a baby born during a botched abortion deserved the same level of medical care that a child born in any other setting would receive.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 4, 2025

The U.S. spends 2x more per capita on healthcare than any other nation. Yet 85 million are uninsured or underinsured, 68,000 die because they can't afford a doctor, and we pay the highest prices in the world for Rx drugs. Healthcare is a human right. We must pass Medicare for All.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Sep 9, 2024

I have talked with women around our country... they are being denied IVF treatments.

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Joseph Biden
@josephbiden· Democratic · DE· Aug 18, 2024

We’re going to fight to make sure everyone qualifies for that $2,000 cap on drug costs.

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Joseph Biden
@josephbiden· Democratic · DE· Aug 18, 2024

The same law we wrote means starting in January of this year, every senior in the United States of America, no matter what their cost of drugs, will never have to spend more than $2,000 a year for all drugs.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 18, 2024

Medicare represents more than 65 million people, and now Medicare can use that power to go toe to toe with big pharma and negotiate lower drug prices.

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Joseph Biden
@josephbiden· Democratic · DE· Aug 18, 2024

Under the law I signed, Medicare can negotiate lower prices for another 15 drugs next year, 15 the following, and 20 after that until every drug is covered.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 18, 2024

In the United States of America, no senior should have to choose between either filling their prescription or paying their rent.

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Joseph Biden
@josephbiden· Democratic · DE· Aug 18, 2024

Too many Americans can’t afford the drugs they badly need for life and death.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 18, 2024

For years, big pharma has often inflated the price of lifesaving medications, often charging many times what it would cost to make just to increase their profits.

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Joseph Biden
@josephbiden· Democratic · DE· Aug 18, 2024

I believe that healthcare should be a right, not a privilege, in America.

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