The drug costs patients 129,000. The same cost for patients in other countries about a third of that amount. I realize the pharmaceutical Companies Invest their researches, they bring a new drug to market, they should profit from that innovation, but why are the u. S. Patients getti getting gauged for drugs. Can you better explain why u. S. Taxpayers are paying for Biomedical Research at the front end and paying exorbitant prices at the back end . Ill just say that 50 of my colleagues and myself sent a letter to you and secretary burwell requesting that they write when taxpair funded research leads to patent product not available to the public on reasonable terms . What are reasonable terms . A drug shouldnt cost 129,000 for people to get access to it. I know this is a topic of great interest, and while it should be and my heart goes out as all of us do to patients who are in need of a therapeutic which is outside of their financial means to be able to gain access to. That ought to be
Have an obligation and a mandate given to us by the citizens of this country to go on course, to put those reforms in place, to get the country back on track. Thats something i can control. Thats something i can be involved in. Thats something i can help deliver. Thats what im focused on. Thank you very much. Whos your final four pick . [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] House Minority nancy pelosi held her briefing at the capitol. She discussed several issues including the 2017 budget, the zika virus and the flint, michigan, water contamination water issue. This is about 20 minutes. Ms. Pelosi i see some wearing green here. Good morning. What a week, huh . Yesterday, president obama presented his nomination for the next justice of the Supreme Court, judge Merrick Garland. Hes a widely respected jurist who embodies wisdom, judgm
I talk to colleagues, friends and customers. Most of whom are ineligible. So we have a huge they have a great deal of trouble managing services for their parents, finding services for the parents, deciding about services for the parents and themselves. The largest share of the demographic is not eligible for anything. We need much Better Services between ccrcs and medicaid. There is a Huge Population that has a great deal of trouble. I want to encourage us to use the private sector or use encouragement to the private sector to better use private individual funds which is all we have for most people to improve Services Available to most agencies. Really to work at making it possible for people with just some money to age in place easily and well. I think it will make a difference hopefully in individual lives, neighborhoods, communities and all of our levels of government. Please join me in giving a hand to our wonderful colleagues. More now from this panel on the Housing Needs of senio
The needs of veterans. I asked previous secretary for how can i help. What tools dont you have to solve this problem with no response sn again, if there is changes in the law and programs that are necessary it encourage loan forgiveness or whatever would help you attract professionals, i would like to be an ally. Heres my scenario of a couple of stories. Lee mann is a veteran. I mentioned him in opening remarks. He had the fortune of the va calling him to tell him he no longer needed to drive four hours to nebraska from kansas to have a colonoscopy. Thats the good news. That suggested that there is change afoot. Thank you. Down the road, about an hour in plainville, kansas, Larry Mcintyre said he drove three hours to wichita to get a cortizone shot in his shoulder. He goes several times a week for other minor procedures. There is a sea bot within 25 miles, but they dont have the capabilities as i understand it of providing cortizone shots. What does exist is a hometown hospital. Rooks
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