I’m proud to welcome Dr. Jamie Weisman from Sandy Springs as my guest for tonight’s #SOTU to shine a light on our fight to improve the #StateOfHealthCare #ForThePeople.
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“I’m attending the #SOTU with Rep. McBath. As a doctor and a patient, I know that in three years we’ve made zero progress on controlling runaway drug prices and the suffering of patients goes unchecked.” #StateOfHealthCare
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“The costs of these drugs are so high that people, like my father, become part of a system that cares more about profit than patients. As he struggled for his life, he worried what he would be able to leave for my mother."
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“Medicare Part D explicitly prohibits Medicare from negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. As a result, Americans pay far higher prices for medications than any other country.”
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“We are in a health care crisis of our own making. These medications are the difference between life and death. And, as in my father’s case, the price tag is almost unbearable.”
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“A reasonable plan to control drug prices
#ForThePeople is sitting on Mitch McConnell’s desk. If Republicans wanted to do something to help the American people, they would bring it to the floor.” -Dr. Jamie Weisman#StateofHealthCareShow this thread
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