Fresh Start Political Thread

SunnySide · 09-23-2021, 11:51 AM

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the controversial Arizona Democrat who threatens to derail President Biden's legislative agenda, received more than $750,000 in donations from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. After that, she announced her opposition to a Democratic plan to lower prescription drug costs.

Sinema told White House officials that she opposes House and Senate bills that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug costs, sources told Politico this week.

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/23/big...-opposed-bill/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/u...g-pricing.html

I dont know much about prescription pricing and I imagine a drug thats been out for while with generic options are cheaper than newer drugs with generics .....

prescription pricing seems to be a bipartisan issue. Insulin really highlights the problem.

Seems like a handful of Dems plus all republicans voted against the bill but I think it was tied to the 3.5B budget bill in some way so itd be disingenious to label all republicans as pro big pharma.

A clean straight up bill should be brought and then lets see what happens. See who is bought and who actually walks the talk.

09-23-2021, 11:51 AM	#10
SunnySide Playmaker Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 4,568	Re: Fresh Start Political Thread Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the controversial Arizona Democrat who threatens to derail President Biden's legislative agenda, received more than $750,000 in donations from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. After that, she announced her opposition to a Democratic plan to lower prescription drug costs. Sinema told White House officials that she opposes House and Senate bills that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug costs, sources told Politico this week. https://www.salon.com/2021/09/23/big...-opposed-bill/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/u...g-pricing.html I dont know much about prescription pricing and I imagine a drug thats been out for while with generic options are cheaper than newer drugs with generics ..... prescription pricing seems to be a bipartisan issue. Insulin really highlights the problem. Seems like a handful of Dems plus all republicans voted against the bill but I think it was tied to the 3.5B budget bill in some way so itd be disingenious to label all republicans as pro big pharma. A clean straight up bill should be brought and then lets see what happens. See who is bought and who actually walks the talk.

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