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Nick Lampson: “I think it is obviously an extremely critical issue for citizens all over this country who are speaking out at every…”

On the recordJune 19, 2002
I think it is obviously an extremely critical issue for citizens all over this country who are speaking out at every meeting that I go to as it being one of the most important things in their lives. We have been working on some mechanism to assist people to get access to pharmaceuticals that they cannot afford to purchase for a long time, and we have heard unbelievable stories about people who have foregone payment of rent or purchase of food in order to buy the medicines that their doctors and other health care professionals are telling them that they have to have in order to stay healthy. Well, if a person does not eat and they do not have a decent place in which to stay and they are buying medicine, the chances are they are going to have other kinds of problems in their life, and it is a terrible decision to have to make.
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Nick Lampson
Texas
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Addressing the issue of access to affordable pharmaceuticals for citizens.

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