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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe 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
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No doubt there is price gouging going on, and that must be addressed, but it isn't just Gilead.
JohnSJ
Sep 2021
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JohnSJ
(92,062 posts)1. No doubt there is price gouging going on, and that must be addressed, but it isn't just Gilead.
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
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 ... ''
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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SheilaAnn
(9,686 posts)3. Manchin 's daughter and the EpiPens, good example ... n/t