Listening to Dr. Martin discussing the opioid crisis at a Friday evening town hall in Red Lion, PA.pic.twitter.com/y4GHrrD0eo
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The incumbent said in the recent debate that it’s ludicrous to hold pharmaceutical companies culpable. Audience here laughs. Much of his campaign funding is from big pharma
Dr Martin stresses the need for broad access to health care to have any chance of getting people off opioids. It takes six months for dopamine response to go back to normal after quitting. That requires sustained access to care
Also: CDC and NIH are chronically underfunded; we badly need research into managing long term pain. Pharmaceutical companies should pitch in to pay for this
Nice stat in a discussion of campaign finance: average member of Congress spends 30 hours a week after being elected fundraising. Citizens United has pushed costs of running way up across the board
Average congressional race now costs something like 1.5M—that money spent on anything else in the district would have an enormous impact
Comment from a student, who is going to be a teacher. Her car loan is 3%; her private student loans (80,000) are at 9%. Her 11 year old students ask her about student debt
Jess reminds audience that the average member of Congress is a millionaire, a statistic that J.D. also brings up at town halls. We’ve seen this year how hard it is for a non wealthy person to run
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