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  1. 2 hours ago

    Americans should not pay the highest drug prices in the world simply because Congress is bought and paid for by the pharmaceutical industry.

    127 replies 1,435 retweets 4,487 likes
  2. 2 hours ago

    Happening now: Sen. Sanders address the high cost of prescription drugs.

    38 replies 299 retweets 989 likes
  3. 2 hours ago

    35 million Americans – one in five — can’t afford their prescriptions. That should outrage every member of Congress.

    155 replies 926 retweets 3,061 likes
  4. 3 hours ago

    The epidemic of price gouging in the drug industry is an obscenity! The cost of prescriptions has become its own health hazard.

    119 replies 671 retweets 2,411 likes
  5. 4 hours ago

    They must allow Americans to buy safe medication abroad, which is sold at substantially lower cost, and enable Medicare to negotiate prices.

    67 replies 689 retweets 2,985 likes
  6. 4 hours ago

    Trump is right: pharma is "getting away with murder." But do Trump and Republicans have the guts to police drug companies and lower prices?

    399 replies 2,397 retweets 8,974 likes
  7. 24 hours ago

    With or without Mr. Trump we must remain focused. Our job is to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels.

    238 replies 2,175 retweets 8,971 likes
  8. Jan 10

    Trump has a choice. Either he can tell Americans he lied or tell Republicans to back off and not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

    307 replies 3,863 retweets 11,743 likes
  9. Jan 10

    14. Incoming Chief of Staff Reince Priebus: “I don’t think President-elect Trump wants to meddle with Medicare or Social Security.”

    98 replies 605 retweets 1,694 likes
  10. Jan 10

    13. March 29, 2016: “I’m not going to cut it, and I’m not going to raise ages.”

    44 replies 730 retweets 1,671 likes
  11. Jan 10

    12. March 10, 2016: “I will do everything within my power not to touch Social Security.”

    64 replies 1,114 retweets 2,560 likes
  12. Jan 10

    11. November 3, 2015: “You can’t get rid of Medicare. You know, Medicare’s a program that works.”

    63 replies 1,527 retweets 3,087 likes
  13. Jan 10

    10. June 16, 2015: “[I will] save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts."

    62 replies 1,335 retweets 2,662 likes
  14. Jan 10

    9. May 21, 2015: “I am going to save Social Security without any cuts. I know where to get the money from.”

    "I am going to save Social Security without any cuts. I know where to get the money from. Nobody else does." - my speech
    49 replies 681 retweets 1,577 likes
  15. Jan 10

    8. May 7, 2015: “Huckabee is a nice guy but will never be able to bring in the funds so as not to cut ... Medicare”

    Huckabee is a nice guy but will never be able to bring in the funds so as not to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. I will.
    26 replies 457 retweets 1,153 likes
  16. Jan 10

    7. May 7, 2015: “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts”

    I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied me.
    47 replies 636 retweets 1,439 likes
  17. Jan 10

    6. April 18, 2015: “Every Republican wants to do a big number on Social Security… Medicare… Medicaid… And we can’t do that."

    47 replies 1,093 retweets 2,448 likes
  18. Jan 10

    5. January 24, 2015 : “I’ll probably be the only Republican that doesn’t want to cut Social Security."

    25 replies 477 retweets 1,183 likes
  19. Jan 10

    4. March 15, 2013: “It just really is not going to happen.”

    28 replies 514 retweets 1,183 likes
  20. Jan 10

    3. Dec. 5, 2011: “We as a society must also make an ironclad commitment to providing a safety net.”

    21 replies 347 retweets 925 likes

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