Bernie Sanders

Thank you, Senator Sanders, for showing us continuously what leadership looks like, for being our voice when others are not listening.

I hope that within the midst of the GME issue, we can deal with the issue of salaries for residents as well.

Thank you for your visit, Senator Sanders.

We can achieve the goal of a substantial increase in the Black American representation in the medical field, but it will take more individuals like you, Senator Sanders, and the HELP Committee to achieve this goal.

It will take more individuals like you, Senator Sanders, and the HELP Committee, to achieve--thank you.

It is imperative that we as a country understand the significance of black physicians providing care for black patients and other patients as well.

It is time, Chairman Sanders, for us to get our due so the aspiring physicians in our Country may see that they will be fairly treated and protected should they choose a career in medicine.

Thank you again, Chairman Sanders, for your leadership and interest in our views.

The opposition there is enormous. The people who are making the money want to maintain the status quo.

We spend twice as much per person on health care as any other country. With the amount of money we spend, every American, child, elderly person should have quality health care.

We have got to do that in Texas. We have got to do that in many, many states in this country.

This is what we should be doing.

What we need to do is very simply. Create a health care system designed to provide quality, affordable health care to all as a human right.

Thank you very much, Senator Sanders, for being here, and the panel who are here.

Thanks to the work of Senator Sanders' HELP Committee.

Thank you for your time, Senator Sanders.

We need profound change in the industry and in PBMs.

That is a moral issue.

Why are we as Americans paying the bill even though it is only 15 percent of our GDP?

People are getting fed up with it. I got fed up with it 15 years ago.

If we paid the same prices for prescription drugs as major countries around the world were paying, we could save over $1 trillion in 10 years.

Let's be clear, while Americans pay outrageously high prices for prescription drugs, the pharmaceutical industry and the PBMs make enormous profits every year.

Meanwhile, Eli Lilly increased the price of Humalog 34 times since 1996, from $21 to $275.

1.3 million Americans in the richest country on Earth cannot afford insulin.

What I promised them is that they are not going to have to go to Canada or other countries to buy a lifesaving product.