May 14, 2012
The current system forcing--in some cases, mandating that people die because they can't afford the treatment.
Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.
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May 14, 2012
We are asking them to do these illegal things because we don't have the medications available to them.
May 14, 2012
The reason these provisions are included is obviously clear. The U.S. special interest--these are not free trade agreements that we have.
May 14, 2012
The time is long overdue for us to place that flag down and to move forward vigorously in a concept that can save millions of lives around the world
May 14, 2012
It's like somebody over there dying and nobody's going out and reaching out a hand and bringing them in.
May 14, 2012
In 2004, Representative Sanders expressed interest in drafting a bill to implement a version of the prize fund approach for the U.S. market.
May 14, 2012
I strongly support this limited experimentation, both because of this important benefit to patients, and because it might well promote the progress of understanding about how best to induce this class of medical innovation more generally.
May 14, 2012
I commend you, Senator--to give America a conception of how legislation could occur where it was sense and not campaign dollars that drove the bottom line of what Congress did.
May 14, 2012
The therapeutic vaccine is a breakthrough that can make that kind of difference, and we don't have enough money to develop it.
May 14, 2012
Their concerns have been more to maximize the rents that they get out of their drugs than maximizing innovation or maximizing the health of the world.
May 14, 2012
Ideally, I think what medicine is about is providing the treatment when people need it.
May 14, 2012
I know for many years that you have been always a tireless advocate for the American people's health and want to make sure that people have the services available, accessible, and affordable to them.
May 14, 2012
I believe that by breaking the link between drug prices and the rewards for medical research and development, we can provide virtually universal access to medicines as soon as they are available on the market.
May 14, 2012
People should not be dying because they can't afford a rather small cost for drugs.
May 14, 2012
The same exact drug, which in a local pharmacy here in Washington, DC, will cost a patient $25,000, is being purchased by the U.S. Government for distribution in the developing world for $200
May 14, 2012
Yeah, I write out the prescriptions, but 40 percent of the people don't bother to fill them.
May 14, 2012
It is a needless tragedy when somebody dies because they can't pay a few pennies for a drug that is out there that can cure them and ease their suffering.
May 14, 2012
Senator Bernie Sanders has reminded us that innovation in medicine will require innovation in public policy.
May 14, 2012
We applaud Senator Sanders for thinking creatively to figure out new incentives that could result in faster results.
May 14, 2012
Today, some 45,000 Americans die each year because they don't get to a doctor when they should, and many, many others are suffering.
May 14, 2012
In other words, the government is proactively preventing people from getting the treatment.
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