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Donkees

(31,345 posts)
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:00 AM Sep 2021

We must end a rigged system that allowed the former CEO of Gilead to become a billionaire ...

We must end a rigged system that allowed the former CEO of Gilead to become a billionaire by charging $1,000 for a Hepatitis C drug that was developed by the VA, costs $1 to manufacture & can be purchased in India for $4. No more excuses. Congress must lower drug prices NOW.


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We must end a rigged system that allowed the former CEO of Gilead to become a billionaire ... (Original Post) Donkees Sep 2021 OP
No doubt there is price gouging going on, and that must be addressed, but it isn't just Gilead. JohnSJ Sep 2021 #1
Kurt Schrader Canby Or, used to walk my neighborhood for support RANDYWILDMAN Sep 2021 #2
''Schrader, who inherited a fortune from his grandfather who was a top executive at Pfizer ... '' Donkees Sep 2021 #4
Manchin 's daughter and the EpiPens, good example ... n/t SheilaAnn Sep 2021 #3

JohnSJ

(92,062 posts)
1. No doubt there is price gouging going on, and that must be addressed, but it isn't just Gilead.
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:13 AM
Sep 2021

In regard to Hepatitis C drugs, those drugs actually cure the patient, and then they are stopped




RANDYWILDMAN

(2,664 posts)
2. Kurt Schrader Canby Or, used to walk my neighborhood for support
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:22 AM
Sep 2021

and now voted against helping control prescription drug prices cause we live in a district that is part people who think and vote and people who vote TFG cause that is all they have known their whole life.

I emailed him about 27 times before he got on board for an impeachment, Maybe I will sent him an email or two or this.....

Donkees

(31,345 posts)
4. ''Schrader, who inherited a fortune from his grandfather who was a top executive at Pfizer ... ''
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 01:31 PM
Sep 2021
Schrader, who inherited a fortune from his grandfather who was a top executive at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, has accepted large donations from big pharma during his seven terms in Congress.


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