'Enough is enough,' says SenSanders, who along with SenAmyKlobuchar introduced a bill aimed at halving the price of U.S. medications. 'A lifesaving prescription drug does not mean anything if you cannot afford to buy that drug.'
"We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act."With eyes on ultimately empowering Medicare to leverage its prodigious purchasing power to negotiate lower U.S. medication prices, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would let the federal health insurance program pay the same for prescription drugs as the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Klobuchar added that"we can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act." My fellow Americans: Do you want to know why you're paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, sometimes 10 times more for the same exact drug that is sold in Canada and other countries?
Sanders noted that"eight of the largest drug companies in the United States made nearly $50 billion in profits in 2020, while the CEOs in those pharmaceutical giants took home over $350 million in total compensation."
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