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3. Statements of Support for the Prescription Drug Price Relief Act
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 01:00 PM
Nov 2018

Diane Archer, President, Just Care
"Any way you cut it, drug prices in this country are simply too high. The Sanders/Khanna bill offers Congress an unprecedented opportunity to guarantee fair drug prices for everyone. It ensures that brand name drugs sold in the United States are priced at the same level as they are in other wealthy countries. And, it would cut our drug bills in half."

Hagop Kantarjian, M.D., prominent leukemia expert and non-resident fellow in health policy at Rice University Baker Institute
“Every year, countless Americans forgo treatment because the drugs that could save them cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pharmaceutical companies justify these exorbitant prices with the myth of the billions they spend on R&D, while drug company executives and board members take home hundreds of millions of dollars in annual compensation. The reality is that 85 percent of research is done publicly through federal funding and grants, with private companies capitalizing in later stages of research on these discoveries to command excessive and unjustified profits from the most vulnerable in our society – the sick, the poor, and the old. Senator Sanders’ and Representative Khanna’s bill to fix our drug pricing system, signed into law, will save thousands of American lives.”

Other Endorsing Organizations:
People Demanding Action
Center for Medicare Advocacy

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