Name: Bernie Sanders & Elijah Cummings Demand Answers On Big Pharma Price Gouging
Uploaded: 2016-11-05T15:34:58.000Z
Duration: 3 min 42 s
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While most politicians are out there worried about reelections, worried about the Presidential

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election, obsessing over EML's and FBI investigations and claims of sexual assault there's actually

a couple people in Washington D.C. that are still doing their jobs.

Those people include Senators Bernie Sanders and Representative Elijah Cummings both of

whom have signed onto a letter to the anti-trust department at the Department of Justice to

ask them to investigate possible price fixing collusion between some of the country's largest

What's drawn their attention to this is recently makers of insulin, even generic forms of insulin

have hiked the price dozens and dozens of percent on this life saving medication for

Well, Bernie Sanders and Elijah Cummings decided to do a little bit more research into this

and they found out that when the price of one drug increases it seems that several others

They've put together some charts that show, look, every time one drug goes up all these

other ones rise as well showing that there is probable cause that there is collusion

between drug companies to systematically raise prices and screw consumers.

What's really great about this story in general is the fact that these two men are still up

While everybody else is so consumed with campaigning and all that nonsense that goes along with

it, fundraising BS, these guys are still working trying to protect us.

It should be important to anyone watching this right now.

Drug companies are ripping us off left and right.

Americans on average pay a higher price for prescription medication than any other industrialized

Tens of thousands of percent higher on some medications.

As I have said a thousand times in the past, most of the research and development done

by drug companies is funded by the federal government, by taxpayers.

What they're trying to do with these massive price hikes is make back all the money that

they have to spend marketing these medications.

Again, United States, one of only two countries that allow direct to consumer advertising.

Yeah, their costs went up when we allowed that but only because they get to advertise

They want that money back and then some, that's why we pay higher prices.

If people like Bernie Sanders and Elijah Cummings have their way they're going to put a stop

They're requesting that the Department of Justice look into this and if necessary let's

Let's send Pharma Bro and his little allies to prison for trying to screw American consumers

I guarantee you they see one guy walking down the street in handcuffs being shoved into

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Bernie Sanders & Elijah Cummings Demand Answers On Big Pharma Price Gouging

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