I'm one person I can only know and see so much. What problems do you face in your life that a congressional hopeful may one day help with? Unclean water? Wage stagnation? Sexism? Racism? No medical coverage? Poor VA care? Unfair justice system? Anything else?
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Lower prescription costs. My mom is struggling to pay for her chemo with insurance and I have a disease there is only one medication FDA approved to treat and it's $1,200 per month in US with private employer insurance I checked Canada prices and it's $150 without insurance sad.
Yes pharmaceutical companies take advantage. I would have to look into all the laws but opening up international trade with medication may help lower cost or offer affordable alternatives.
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I am not versed in international trade laws, fda regulations or any other laws that may apply to international pharmaceutical trading like specific insurance company policy. Permission from who? This is me.
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America has higher drug prices than any other country in the world. There are many reasons/excuses but the pharmaceutical companies lobby to Congress to aid in protecting their sky high prices that should be illegal. They claim it's for research and development but studies prove
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That 70% of their profits go into advertising not research and development and regulating prices would only prevent like one drug every 10 years. There are reasons that the FDA prevents lower prices as well. Other countries do not approve drugs to market that are not affordable.
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"The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world where direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs is legal."
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Their idea is what's the point in approving a drug for market if their prices are not affordable it does not help their citizens US pays more in healthcare than other countries yet has poorer healthcare we have more citizens dying from treatable disease.https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/e92dbf94-d9a2-11e9-8f9b-77216ebe1f17 …
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