Gilbert Gutknecht: “Twenty-nine percent of the prescriptions written to senior citizens go…”

On the recordMay 20, 2003

Twenty-nine percent of the prescriptions written to senior citizens go unfilled because they cannot afford them, and they are proud people. How many people, how many women in America cannot afford Tamoxifen? Now, maybe they could afford $60, but $360 starts to get real expensive. And that goes on and on and on. Now, I am not here to say shame on the pharmaceutical industry, but shame on us, because we have the power to change that. One of my favorite Presidents was President Ronald Reagan, and he had some great quotes. One of them he used often was that markets are more powerful than armies. It is time that we open up the markets and say to Americans you have legal access. You ought to be able to go to your local pharmacy, to your local pharmacist, whom you trust, and who is an important part of the health care delivery system, and you ought to be able to go in there and say, I need Tamoxifen.

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Gilbert Gutknecht

Republican · Minnesota

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Addressing the issue of prescription affordability for seniors and advocating for market access.

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Gilbert Gutknecht: “Twenty-nine percent of the prescriptions written to senior citizens go unfilled because they cannot afford them, and…”

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