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Registered Nurses Step Up Campaign to Stop Fast Track With New Radio Ads
http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/health-and-fitness/61919-registered-nurses-step-up-campaign-to-stop-fast-track-with-new-radio-ads.html
Registered Nurses Step Up Campaign to Stop Fast Track With New Radio Ads
Press Release
05 Jun 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland--(ENEWSPF)--June 5, 2015. The registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) are stepping up pressure on several members of Congress, urging them to vote “No” when the US House of Representatives considers Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The ads, which begin running on local stations today in six media markets, emphasize that “right now, our government is negotiating new international trade agreements that will make lifesaving drugs much more expensive—especially ones that show promise in battling cancer, MS and Alzheimer’s disease.”
Congressional members identified as having swing votes and in whose districts the ads will run are: Rep. Steny Hoyer, Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Sam Farr, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Rep. Susan Davis, and Rep. Ruben Hinojosa.
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A Doctors Without Borders report says, “the US government is pushing policies in the TPP that represent the most far-reaching attempt to date to impose aggressive Intellectual Property (IP) standards in a trade agreement with developing countries— policies that further tip the balance towards strong IP regimes favoring commercial interests and away from public health.
“For pharmaceuticals and other health commodities, stronger IP regimes mean extended patent monopolies and delayed generic competition, and that translates into higher prices for people who need medicines. In developing countries, where people rarely have health insurance and must pay for medicines out of pocket, high prices keep lifesaving medicines out of reach and are often a matter of life and death.”
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Registered Nurses Step Up Campaign to Stop Fast Track With New Radio Ads
Press Release
05 Jun 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland--(ENEWSPF)--June 5, 2015. The registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) are stepping up pressure on several members of Congress, urging them to vote “No” when the US House of Representatives considers Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The ads, which begin running on local stations today in six media markets, emphasize that “right now, our government is negotiating new international trade agreements that will make lifesaving drugs much more expensive—especially ones that show promise in battling cancer, MS and Alzheimer’s disease.”
Congressional members identified as having swing votes and in whose districts the ads will run are: Rep. Steny Hoyer, Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Sam Farr, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Rep. Susan Davis, and Rep. Ruben Hinojosa.
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A Doctors Without Borders report says, “the US government is pushing policies in the TPP that represent the most far-reaching attempt to date to impose aggressive Intellectual Property (IP) standards in a trade agreement with developing countries— policies that further tip the balance towards strong IP regimes favoring commercial interests and away from public health.
“For pharmaceuticals and other health commodities, stronger IP regimes mean extended patent monopolies and delayed generic competition, and that translates into higher prices for people who need medicines. In developing countries, where people rarely have health insurance and must pay for medicines out of pocket, high prices keep lifesaving medicines out of reach and are often a matter of life and death.”
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This doesn't end well, no matter what now. 