Anonymous ID: 24a356 March 31, 2019, 12:02 p.m. No.5993351   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>3360

Sanders vows to cut prescription prices in half if elected president

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) vowed Sunday to cut prescription drug prices in half if elected president in 2020.

 

"It is absurd that Americans are forced to pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs while the top 5 drug companies made over $50 billion in profits last year," he said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

 

"We have a national health emergency when one out of five Americans cannot afford to purchase the medicine their doctors prescribe. Whether the drug companies like it or not, that is a situation which must end, and end soon."

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436645-sanders-vows-to-cut-prescription-prices-in-half-if-elected-president

 

Goes hand in hand with

 

Venezuela's Health Care System Ready To Collapse Amid Economic Crisis

 

The Pharmaceutical Federation of Venezuela estimates the country is suffering from an 85 percent shortage of medicine amid an economic crisis also marked by severe hyperinflation and food scarcity.

 

The entire Venezuelan health care system is on the verge of collapse, says Francisco Valencia, head of the public health advocacy group Codevida. Some hospitals lack electricity, and more than 13,000 doctors have left Venezuela in the past four years in search of better opportunities.

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582469305/venezuelas-health-care-system-ready-to-collapse-amid-economic-crisis