We are losing about 60,000 people a year unnecessarily because they can't afford the medicine they need.
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.
What scientists are telling us is that there is a reasonable chance that, God forbid, that a pandemic as deadly as COVID could occur in 10 years.
The promise of virus hunters that they could use this information to predict future pandemic was a fallacy.
Congress should avoid the false narrative that insufficient Federal findings were to blame for our pathetic COVID response.
Do we all understand that the best drug in the world is meaningless if somebody can't afford it?
How does it happen that we pay by far the highest prices of any major country for prescription drugs?
What has that done for us? How many lives were saved during the COVID pandemic because of investments by PAHPA or BARDA?
Senator Sanders' Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act as an 'open-source dividend.'
We are losing about 60,000 people a year unnecessarily because they can't afford the medicine they need.
Senator Sanders' Medical Innovation Prize Fund Act as an 'open-source dividend.'
We see Medicare costs are extraordinarily high because they pay very high prices for the prescription drugs that they dispense.
We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other country on earth.
What that means is that one out of four patients who receive a prescription from their doctor are unable to afford to fill that prescription.
But the truth is that we were very, very unprepared for what hit us 3 years ago.
What scientists are telling us is that there is a reasonable chance that, God forbid, that a pandemic as deadly as COVID, COVID-19 could occur in 10 years.
What is the morality, and I want all three of you to respond to it, of us having a product that cost a few dollars to produce but not making it available to people around the world who are dying?
Do we all understand that the best drug in the world is meaningless if somebody can't afford it?
How does it happen that we pay by far the highest prices of any major country for prescription drugs?





