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- ‘They can kick you off the medicine any time they want.’ - Big Pharma doesn’t want you to hear this couple’s story as they told it to Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
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In US news and current events today, this couple opened up to Rep. Abigail Spanberger about how they were screwed over by the pharmaceutical industry (industry) and U.S. health care system. The couple explained how their healthcare company one day decided their prescription drugs would no longer be covered. Reps like Spanberger and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are trying to fight this malfeasance from pharmaceutical companies and health care providers.
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Imagine being called radical for wanting better than this garbage...
That would be a Republican lol
Funny to me when Americans realize they live in a third world country 😂
We don't at the moment but as soon as a Democrat becomes president then we're going to go tumbling down. Their goal is literally to pull America down until it is a third world country. If you noticed, the Democrat states always have a bunch of dirty homeless people on the streets. The cost to live in those states is way to high.
@@jessicaaguirre1229 I agree. Trump 2020!!
So the Republican want more open market which can lead to situations such as this and always fighting with China. Then we have the democrat who want more power and never address to the important issues like homelessness. Wow voting for one of them is like choosing the lesser evil.
Let's not forget : drug companies are responsible for the opioid crisis.
People are responsible for tge opioid crisis. Pharma is to blame for a lot but not that.
@@ashmegspence2597 by what logic? If a doctor prescribes you a medication, you take it. If the pharma company told the doctor it wasn't addictive (which they did) then it was big pharmacy's fault for not disclosing the risks.
Matt H any medical professional knows that opioids are addictive it's not that they didn't know they were addictive the professionals chose to prescribe them because some people legitimately need them however they got hungry for money and overprescribed them for any sort of pain
And let's not forget we fund the research that goes into discovering these drugs. That's the kick in the teeth I feel.
@@felixlabrador8527 oxycontin was explicitly marketed as non-addictive for the first decade after it was introduced. Thoughts?
Since the drug companies are acting like mob bosses, they should be treated like mob bosses.
They laugh while tens of thousands of Americans die. And they make bank.
We breaking legs, wiring up cars, piano wiring necks, fish slumber, legal advice from Robert Duvall? I'm kidding, they're a cartel that extorts people with the threat of death, RICO charges should apply... Mfs even made rap videos for opioids
@@Saint2K13 The Sackler family created the opioid epidemic and now they created the antidote. They get to profit off the damage they done. That's disgusting.
Just rob the pharmacies and give it away
Marky McNasty (they) will call you an anti semite
Welcome to the United States of Corporate America where people are only looked at as walking dollar signs.
More like the United mistakes of America or United snakes of America which 1 do u think is best
@@PunannyFace mistakes
In reality, you are a cash cow. Chattel. Utterly controlled and dominated. Your kids are not even yours. THIS is America. Where you fight for the "freedom" to be a slave.
@@PunannyFace the second one fits the bill🐍🐍🐍
@@jizzlethelizard3113 yes mistakes
Remember when Martin Shkreli raised the price of the AIDS pill from $13 to $700? Pepperidge farms remembers
It was an anti-parasite drug.
Pepperidge farms?
@@adamwells2640 Google it... And then google "family guy Pepperidge Farms" it's a funny clip
@@fatlacesthedon lol ok
@@thnksno That was used for people who were severely immuno-compromised. Often for those with AIDS or cancer. The original description is valid.
Drug companies ain't playing fair.
Look up Martin Shkreli, that guy somes up ever drug company
Federal law let's these companies do this.
I would argue companies dont play fair
And now they want you to inject with a experimental agent 🤭🤭🤭
You can control your diabetes through diet, you don't need medication
I was placed on medication and not only did it give me bad side-affects, it disrupted my entire life. I look forward to the day we can have access to holistic alternatives and a honest healthcare system.
People need to wake up first.
when health care is based on wallet size, that is a FAILED system.
This should have more likes.
@Prophet RUclips ?
@Prophet RUclips Nobody. So?
@Prophet RUclips Is there a reason why we shouldn't make basic healthcare available to everyone equally?
@Prophet RUclips This isn't about establishing a utopia. It's about doin what every other developed nation has managed to do, provide healthcare to all citizens. Everyone should have equal access to treatment, and noone should go bankrupt because of it.
Trump would veto if it reaches his desk. Make america sick again
I dont think his voters really understand that he's here for the 1%, not them
Keep em sick keep em dumb keep em poor, his supporters are ignorant
Trump sure talked big about lowering drug prices a while ago. I think his rich buddies in the pharma biz had a chat with him about that, because he hasn't said a word about it in a while. Money talks very loudly to Trump.
Yes he would, very well said!
@@nismo2070 probably blackmailing him
I work for a contractor for Medicare and what they're saying is 100% true. People will even have a plan that covers their meds, decide to let that plan roll over to the next year and a month or two into the new plan year, all of a sudden their plan no longer covers their meds. Its horrible how they can pull this bait and switch on people with no consequences.
This is why I'm voting for Bernie.
Voting. Lol
Just don’t let them try what Obama did and that is force people to buy healthcare insurance or bring in universal health care single payer “under” the insurance industry - they are the expensive middle man that ad to your costs. Get rid of the middle man.
Donja Aboukhezaima - read my comment I never said he was a sellout - trouble with anyone who supports an individual in politics usually means we don’t seem to grasp the concept of holding them accountable after they are elected - it’s like we have to admit we made a mistake electing them if we bring up a promise and keep it front and centre to ensure they do as they promised - HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE -
Like trump promises to bring troops home and now he escalated tensions - just a bunch of liars - and they all do it cause people don’t understand accountability - here’s an analogy - I love my kids and support them but when they misbehave or do wrong - I call them on it and sometimes require disciplinary action - no different for politicians - support does not mean looking the other way when they backtrack or outright lie.
@@tstproductions2913 not just voting. Fighting. One vote isn't enough.
BumDumb i personally think he will make the better choice for American overall.
healthcare in america: i want your soul
@SsSs RoBbSs duck typo
You deserve better, folks.
America control u ever since u were born all the wayvto your death bed
And you will pay for the privilege
It's not just America.
Health care is a joke in America.
I've said this before, I'll say it again: We need Medicare-For-All/a single payer system here in the U.S.! What's more "Pro-Life" than ensuring that every person in America has guaranteed affordable healthcare? Also, if we all had access to basic healthcare, we'd all have the "freedom" to live long lives and rarely have to worry about medical bankruptcies. Sure, taxes will go up, but the overall cost will go down so much that everyone will be paying less and saving thousands of dollars every year. Furthermore, if some of us need additional healthcare than Medicare, then we have the "choice" to get additional insurance, but for others Medicare would be more than enough. Finally, if every other developed country (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand) can implement this system and save money, then why can't the U.S. do the same and help "Make America Great Again" for everyone at least on the issue of healthcare?
Jesse Torres great point and agree with you 110%! The issue is MONEY and GREED. The U. S. Big Pharma companies has turned into a made-for-profit business instead of human interests. Maybe one day the U. S. will use the same system as in Canada and other countries but until now we must suffer OR go to Tijuana.
It's called greed sir .
Greed is the root of everything here in the states .
That's why we are very behind from other states like tech , health, etc etc .
The cost to manufacture insulin is pennies yet they sell it for hundreds of dollars the result of that is people dying .
My God bless america , home of the Greed and corruption. 🤭🤭
*Laughs in Free Healthcare*
Bernie Sanders is the only candidate that supports m4a. Vote like your life depends on it.
sometimes i wonder if Trump defines America as the big companies instead of the peoples
In New Zealand we are blessed. our scripts are 98% free.
@@alexanderduvill6878 not just Americans, it's the same here in Canada , no we don't have completely free healthcare like everybody seems to think
HELP US
ForeverJung
Me too, bojo is gonna mess this up
ForeverJung
All Scottish people get free prescriptions, elsewhere in the UK, only those on universal credit or disability benefits get free prescriptions.
That said, the prices my mother pays for her prescriptions in England are nothing like those in the US.
Psycho Sub
Depends, you you can just google it
Wow. I love how it's up to pharmacutical companies to determine the medicine people need/should take and not doctors. That's amazing. ... That's all sarcasm btw. This is ridiculous. Beyond unacceptable. Where is the revolution???
you mean insurance companies
It’s insane, I’m a dental assistant and insurance companies try declining crowns, fillings, etc, all the time.. we end up using an intraoral camera all the time to take pictures and to prove to them people really do need the treatment
Too many people are stupid or asleep
People this has been going on for years decades since I was a kid I'm 34 years old how is it you are just finding out about this. I live steps away from the border wake up america
Miguel Fierro vote Sanders and you won’t have to pay anything over $200 yearly for meds
It's been getting worse lately and getting a lot more attention now. I lived 30 mins away from the Canadian border for 20 years. It wasn't like this 20 years ago. It was not very common to go to Canada for medicine when I lived there.
If you're enraged by this then please vote for a more equal system for all.
@Chowderz Tv what do you propose?
@Chowderz Tv I hear that and putting family first is always a good plan. I will vote as well. I hope you do too.
It costs me $10 for the doctor to write the prescription and $5 for the chemist to give a 3 months supply of medication,but that’s New Zealand
If people would stop voting against their own best interest, maybe we could fix these problems!
Yes our problems are just so much better now right
Had this happen to me literally a couple weeks ago! Type 1 diabetic here, been on a specific bedtime insulin for years, but got a letter from our insurance company stating that they were no longer going to cover that particular med due to "Better options out there that work better for our clients." Wtf?
I'm sorry. I hope you respond to the new meds as well.
@@Matt-fl8uy Thanks mate. Me, too.
Celeste Jablonski vote Sanders. He’s the only one for m4a. The rest waffle.
I'm in Canada and all I can say is that's ridiculous. We do have services at our pharmacy to review our medications and in some cases specialized teams might tweak them...but it's all aimed at finding better combinations and/or reducing side effects. My mum just did both the pharmacy review and gerantology assessment because she's over 85 (one med went up in dose, one went down) Everything still goes back to the family doctor and they make the decisions with the patient. She has 80 percent coverage on medications because she's a senior but they don't get to dictate which drugs she takes. Those are health care decisions, not financial decisions.
"Better options out there that work better for our clients." - Translated; "We found something much cheaper and we don't really know or care if it will work for you."
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is proposing to make it so that drug companies have to price the drugs in the US the same price as they charge other countries like Mexico. And if the companies don’t comply after time then drugs will be then be sold to them at a cheaper price by government instead of private greedy corporations
the on3 vote Sanders and it will be a non issue
Bill Anderson that’s if the drug companies don’t comply with lowering their drug prices to the prices they have in other countries. This is about medicine that people’s lives depend on and the private companies are making it so you have to pay your life savings for medicine. You should watch a long form interview with Andrew Yang and see for yourself if he is the real deal about this or not.
thats nice, but seems like Andrew doesnt know how the government works. meanwhile, Bernie has three bills in the pipeline:
- The Prescription Drug Price Relief Act
- The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act
- The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act
My blood is boiling
Arturo Solano vote Sanders 2020
Sorry, that's a pre-existing condition, we can't cover you.
Take it of the stove!
Everybody should like the video to make it more recommended
Great idea!
koen Armstrong
It was recommended to me
nettoyage de la maison
ayyyy🤙🏼
When the choice is pay or die, we usually call that extortion.
Why is this different?
This is why it’s important to vote for Bernie Sanders.
Who funds him?
@Jesus Christ what's your source of information?
john smith you can literally google him and see it for yourself. You don’t need to be an avid follower of politics to know that he has a grassroots movement funded campaign for 2020.
He is the only candidate that wants to implement a Medicare for all plan vs the public option other candidates are suggesting that doesn’t work and actually costs more.
In the end you can find sources to whatever you want on the internet these days, it’s really up to you to keep up, analyzing and figure it out.
Ms Succubus Muhah-hah-haa!
@@0ctoLover I don't care much for American politics, I was just wondering if Hillary was funded by big corporations is Bernie too as they're the same party?
Corporate America make the laws and government pass them !
Russell Stone - Revoke Citizens United. Getting money of politics is the only way.
Hope you have a great day.
Exactly... and that's how you end up with companies like amazon making Billions in profit and paying ZERO in taxes.
@@ThunderDog97 yet we have no power to do anything about it !
@@russellstone6390 (Massive) Change of government is required. Look for those that are not "corporate stooges" - there are several in the running if you look into their plans. Getting rid of legalized bribery is the absolute first step!
@krispy kreme well as long as its legal !
*Reasearch is funded by U.S tax dollars.
My sister has type 2 diabetes and the cost for insulin is insane...
Bernie will take care of this.
Bernie2020
Ye but bernie is socialist right?
Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many structures of our government and economy must be radically transformed through greater economic and social democracy so that ordinary Americans can participate in the many decisions that affect our lives.
Democracy and socialism go hand in hand. All over the world, wherever the idea of democracy has taken root, the vision of socialism has taken root as well everywhere even in the United States despite the corporate elite Funding the majority of us political campaigns and shifting the narrative through corporate media. Because of this, many false ideas about socialism have developed in the US.
@Hoàng Nguyên im not saying he would build a gulag lol. Im saying that even though socialism works on paper, it sucks in realitt because not everyone thinks the same here since theres just too many cultures. America is so diverse, which allows for many beliefs, and not all of us are willing to give away our hard earned cash to people who arent working for it at all
@Hoàng Nguyên i said to people who dont work for it at all. How do you think these companies got so big? The CEO worked for it. He/she had no pass. They worked to get that company that big. In socialism, people barely have to work, because in the end, they'll still get money, even if they dont deserve it
@Hoàng Nguyên lol hes not earning it, hes stealing it. By "hard working", im saying that person has a job, can support a family, has a good life, etc. Most people who have money got it from working jobs. Theres only a handful who really get success from illegal activity, and even then, no one could get rich from just stealing
How do you expect to grow an economy where money is valued over life
well, if everyone dies, one guy will have all the money. lmao.
I am a retired clinical pharmacist and have lived in Germany France and currently reside in Thailand. All of these countries retail most prescription medications for less than the hospital I worked in could purchased them for!
Every insurance is a scam ! Especially car insurance
Actually i rather pay like 100 a month than thousands of dollars if i would get in a reck. Don't drive without auto insurance people. It's not a scam
@@javiergarza8626 What if you never get in a wreck? You just payed thousands of dollars for what purpose?
@@kernalbert4939 better safe than sorry. You're going to get in a minor wreck at least once in your life.
@@javiergarza8626 Nah, I know people who have died and have not been in a single accident and as a lark we calculated what one dude has paid in auto insurance and it was $96, 000. I have another friend who is approaching $60,000 and he's planning (jokingly, I think) on T-boning a car when he get's there because he thinks that's the principled thing to do!
@@kernalbert4939 yes i get it like yeah it hurts to realize how much you paid overall your entire life. And tell friend to be careful with insurance frauds
Mentioned the intro story to my insurance guy. He didn't miss a step. He said, " do a Mormon marriage. Get a divorce Friday. Party in Vegas for weekend. Then remarried on Monday. Life changing events."
Call me a silly Canadian but isn't the doctor supposed to prescribe the drugs?
I have to use GoodRx to get a decent price because I don’t have insurance. My company laid me off and cut my insurance the same day. So I’m without healthcare since Aug 30. Lucky I’m a veteran and can go to the VA, but not all my doctors are at the VA. There are millions who aren’t veterans and need medication.... what is Congress doing to help them!
Ok, so, Trump voters: he's promising to veto this bill.
He said he would get medication prices down, and now he's promising to veto a bill to do just that.
Trump lied to us.
America. National health care, single payer.
Money means more than life to these ppl! That’s so sad 😞! When an epi-pen cost upwards of $600!!! LIFE SAVING MEDICINE $600!!!! They ought to be ASSshamed of themselve!
Rachel Mathes vote Sanders
Basically hospitals and pharmacy will increase the price of meds twice than the original price because why not
Don't take pills. The end
"Let food be thine medicine and medicine be thine food."
Wow... As soon as I have paid $250 for any medication in a year the government in Sweden pays for the rest. I don't have to worry about it. Lucky me I guess...
If Americans weren't so paranoid maybe they could see that politicians aren't their friends but are actually their employees.
I'm English... I used to complain about my taxes till I started watching videos about US healthcare. Not anymore. I'd happily pay more if it means America keeps its grubby little hands off the NHS.
I love Americans Howard. It's their president I don't trust.
Eliminate industry lobbying, you eliminate the problem and politicians will have to legislate for the voters and not for corporate greed.
Yep, everytime my friends and family that live in the US come back to Mexico for holidays they spend weeks not only buying their meds but also going to all their doctors, dentists, gynecologists, blood studies, everything, guys you are literally being scammed with your health
Imagine being told your results are clear but you actually have terminal cancer.
We the people have almost beat racism, but greed, is an even bigger battle
Ha, ha!!
It's a shame the most important things are not implemented from the heart but pushed by money.
Congress' script for years in response to the opening question is: BECAUSE YOU CAN AND WILL PAY
America4Profit. Health care NOT just pharmaceutical reimbursements.
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
Dont like big pharma? Vote Bernie 2020
I knew my vote was a good one. She’s the rep. In my county!
What's funny is Trump will veto the bill even when he promised to lower drug prices. 💩
You do not need drugs. Live your life like the Amish.
The thumbnail says "Pharama" instead of pharma
Lilo Nenes was that your main takeaway?
I guess the guy who did the thumbnail is Indian 👳
@@JollyRogerTheDodger lol 😂
They meant Piranha... ☠🍖🐡
😂
I understand completely. I need Humira, but I can't afford $3,500 an injection every 2 weeks.
I get all my blood pressure medicine from Mexico. One year is the same price is 2 weeks of medicine here in the United States. So yes I agree completely with these people.
I wonder how much of our tax money goes to police brutality settlements, law enforcement, military and Corporations like Big Pharma companies vs things like medicare, government assistance and schools, yearly.
ob1KENob Junior lol, you’re catching on. Vote sanders 2020
Ahhh i Love free Healthcare, and free medicine
Make America Great Again ... so glad I live in Canada 🙏
If you're cured big pharma loses a customer
Not in China....the doctors there get paid to keep their people healthy. Go figure 😕
Let's be honest here. Affordable healthcare cannot exist at the same time with health insurance and pharmaceutical monopolies on medicine. I don't care if you're for or against universal healthcare. The insurance companies and the pharmaceutical company monopolies on our health has to be removed.
Trump hates drinking antifreeze
😂😂😂🤧
Don’t forget a lot of the pharmaceutical creates in the US are made using TAXE PAYER dollars!
I just want to point out that private companies spend billions of dollars a year on researching these drugs, then when it's finally created other companies around the world rip off the drug and being that they haven't invested billions into it they can charge a fraction and still make profit. If we force companies to not make a profit or even perhaps lose money then they will stop spending their money on research and new medication won't be created.
There's two sides of every story, and both should be looked at.
Wrong. The US govt with your tax dollars pay for it. They only modify it to some degree. Big pharma only spend about 1% of their profit for R/D
@@edwardlonga7251 99% and 1%, come on man, if you're going to make up numbers at least make them sound realistic. Here are some real numbers, pharmacy companies invest nearly 200 billion dollars per year on medication and most medications take about 2 to 3 years (sometimes decades) to perfect. I'll even low ball it for you, if it took 300 billion dollars of investment to invent a drug and they sold it at $1300 profit per transaction it would take more than 230,000 transactions to break even. Now say you could muster up 15000 prescriptions per month being filled (which is a lot and usually takes time in and of itself) it would take about 2 years just to begin to break even on how much was spent.
@@thomaswalker201 sorry but you are wrong incorrect. The U.S. govt funds the majority of the research but even that were the case why is the cost of the same drugs are sometime 1000% higher in the U.S. then in other country's?
@@thomaswalker201 ok I was incorrect in my number it is 17% the pharmacy co spend on research and developement. My apologies
@@edwardlonga7251 Source?
Ya'know, when a poor guy says "your money or your life", *he* goes to jail.
i asked this to an American and he said its about quality
It's about senators getting billions from drug companies and trying to loot our Social Security fund to pay for the 1.9 trillion the current administration added to the national debt.
@@BR-md7hm yaa but i guess some of you dont understand that your own people are looting you rather than rest of the world making bad quality and cheap medicine
This happened to me also!! I had been on adderall/ lvyvanse sincs Middle school. They wanted me to switch to a medicine I’ve tried already and that gave me panic attacks. Stratera. Me and my doctor had to verbally fight them. Then I had to prove I had been on adderall/vyvanse for years and show them health records from highschool. Just crazy!
Of course this story end with Trump hearing about something that will make things more affordable for Americans and he outright says no, what a guy huh?
MAKE MEXICO GREAT AGAIN!
oh wait...
I live in Wales UK and I don't pay for my drugs not one penny
Just Medicare for All already...and let hospitals negotiate drug prices...
Bernie 2020
I'm in the minority here but I say F the system and F big pharma. We didn't always have the option of modern medicine. I'll leave this world when my body says I'm ready to leave. Big pharma or insurance will never get a dime from me.
Vote Bernie
SsSs RoBbSs then get sick, go broke, be homeless
SsSs RoBbSs all other candidates don’t adequately address or address the situation we’re in, though I do believe Yang, Tulsi snd Warren come close.
You're telling me that the president who campaigned, and also promised as president, on lowering prescription drug prices is going to veto a bill that would finally let us negotiate for lower prices with the drug companies?
Shocking. I'm beginning to think this trump guy isn't on the up 'n up.
That’s why everyone should vote Bernie
No thanks take your communism back to china
@@havocnationriders755 you guys are like little inbred children. Just crying and terrified of the spooky communists that your dead mothers told you about at some point.
@@cesargomez8887 yea sure thats the reason, not that communism has resulted in the deaths of millions of people across the globe, 2 of the 3 men with the highest kill count under their names are communist leaders, the other was a facist. Aka, moa, hitler, and stalin
@@havocnationriders755
France, Spain, Italy, Holland, the UK, Canada, Norway, Sweden, just to name a few countries with universal healthcare....this has nothing to do with communism.
@@fastnbulbouss lenins own words, the founder of communism, said that socialism is the stepping stone into communism.
O' Canada! Our home and native Land! True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
Hahah I was just waiting for it to be Trumps fault in some way. Got me right at the end.
While this was going on years, trump did get rid of some regulation.
I know lol I just laugh because NOWTHIS always has to blame Trump in one way or another, just an observation
@@Adrian-yu6ti Trump does do a lot of crappy things that hurt average Americans, just an observation.
I was thinking the exact same thing.... There gotta be a anti-Trump reference here, let’s slide it in @ the end 😂
@@damitzdesign Trump said he would repeal Obamacare and provide health insurance that is cheaper and has better coverage for everyone. 3 years later we have a weakened version of Obamacare and health costs continue to go up. Sorry, but Trump needs to be called on his BS.
Thank heavens for our British NHS.
Human health is priceless. Also , no wonder America is soo unhealthy!
"This is America!"
"Don't catch you slippin' now!"
"We don't care if you live or die!"
"This is America!"
"Donald Trump's starting WW3!"
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this should go viral...
As someone who works in the medical I hear this all the time. Insurance companies decides when and where they want to pay for medication and which medication they want to pay for. Health care is a corporation now. Unfortunately doctor are also employees of this corporation and if they don't follow their regulation, they get fired.
Isnt it obvious by now that its the money!!!!! Its always been that way and never going to change especially if trumps the president.
I am not surprised
Here in Australia the cost of a prescription is $30/$40. Once you reach the cutoff point,of $1500.00 per year,they are $6.00 For pensioners and low income the cost is $6.00,with the same cutoff point ,they are free.
One of the things that saddens me about America and are medications is yes the simple fact that the pharmaceutical companies can charge what they want. I have a sister-in-law who has Ms and her medication cost $98,000 a year and the company that my brother was working for blacklisted her medication so as of right now they can't afford it. So my bro had to find another job and find a place that didn't Blacklist my sister-in-law's medications.
How's that freedom working out for you America? Do you feel great again?
I have a bunch of medical conditions including type 1 diabetes. I fear this, but especially not getting insulin coverage.
That One Jai vote Sanders 2020.
And still there are people with the nerve to say they "do not want the government deciding what health care / medicines I need"... and this insurance company telling this woman, in a way, what medicaments to have, instead of her doctor.
If this bothers Americans they need to vote for someone to Hulk out on these gangsters.
Isn't that sad? Americans coming to Canada for medications. Canadians going to America because our waiting times for life saving surgeries are insane. When will the madness stop?
Um cartels should just smuggle prescription drugs. There seems to be plenty of profit margin and the risk is probably lower
My wife had full coverage and was straight up denied care multiple times. America is effed. We are a country of cowardly submissives. So many citizens move rather than stay and that lack of fight has totally destroyed america.
I know how they feel I'm on anti-rejection drug for post kidney transplant and the drugs are stupidly high-priced even though they've been out for 20 years and they are a quarter of the price in Europe.
So he is vowing to veto a bill that helps the people pay less fro prescription drugs. Wasn't he the one who swore to the American people that he was going to lower drug prices and now he gets a bill that will do just that and he is vowing to veto it...seriously SERIOUSLY! 🙄
I go to mexico for my medical since 2 years ago. It's cheaper to take vacation and hang out down there and get my medical check ups and all. It's cheaper allows me to get medical and dental and still travel and pay bills on time.
And people in the U.K. complain about our NHS? Seriously?
I happen to know this fact that supports the message of this video. “the price of Edaravone in Japan in 2017 was $5,000, the US price at launch was around $145,000.” It is actually cheaper to fly from the US to Japan, get diagnosed legitimately by a doctor, get the medicine and fly back to the US with it. Ridiculous.
I did notice that drugs in USA are much more expensive. But then I was told that it's due to tougher laws and higher quality. So, it's not true, then?
Same thing happend to my mom and her kimo meds. Were fully aware of the corruption how many people will have to put themselves in these dangerous situations and stressfull days because pharma wants all the cherries from every sundae
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