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Karen Thurman: “But do my colleagues know what is even harder in all of this? It is a moving target on the costs. The target keeps…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2000
But do my colleagues know what is even harder in all of this? It is a moving target on the costs. The target keeps moving for these people. Their incomes are not going up. And all of a sudden one month they go to the pharmacist and the pharmacist says this medicine, and here is a woman who is actually taking something to treat both advanced and early stage breast cancer, that is what the medicine is for, in May it was $132.22. In December it was $156.59. It is outrageous. I do not know what is going on out there, but I tell you what, we are going to find out. I applaud the efforts, and I look forward to signing this petition tomorrow.
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Karen Thurman
Democratic · Florida
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Discussing rising prescription drug costs and their impact on patients.

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