Rep. Rahm Emanuel said "The truth is, over the last 5 or 6 years pharmaceutical products have gone up somewhere close to four times, three times the rate of inflation. And every one of us know people in our district who go to get their prescriptions filled. They got them last month or they got them 2 months ago, same pills, same amount of dosage, nothing different, and the price is up 40 bucks. And there is nothing to explain how that went up $40. And senior citizens who are on a fixed income, families who are on a fixed income and they have a sick child cannot afford a health care cost that is rising close to three times or four times the rate of inflation." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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The truth is, over the last 5 or 6 years pharmaceutical products have gone up somewhere close to four times, three times the rate of inflation. And every one of us know people in our district who go to get their prescriptions filled. They got them last month or they got them 2 months ago, same pills, same amount of dosage, nothing different, and the price is up 40 bucks. And there is nothing to explain how that went up $40. And senior citizens who are on a fixed income, families who are on a fixed income and they have a sick child cannot afford a health care cost that is rising close to three times or four times the rate of inflation.

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Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the rising costs of pharmaceutical products and their impact on families and seniors.

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