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Warren unveils bill to lower drug prices by letting government manufacture them
The Hill ^
| December 18, 2018
| Peter Sullivan
Posted on 12/19/2018 2:16:05 PM PST by Zakeet
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday unveiled a bill aimed at lowering drug prices by allowing the government to step in and manufacture certain drugs that lack competition.
The bill from Warren, who is considered a likely 2020 presidential contender, comes as Democrats are putting forward a range of new ideas on how to lower drug prices, a top priority for the public and an issue that President Trump has also highlighted.
Warren's bill would create a new office in the Department of Health and Human Services that would be empowered to manufacture generic drugs itself and sell them at fair prices, if no company is already making the drug, or if one or two companies are making the drug and the prices spike.
[Snip]
Other possible Democratic presidential contenders have also been pointing to ideas to lower drug prices recently.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: controlproduction; drugs; governmentownership; manufacture; patentlaw; prescription; socialism; warren
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To: Zakeet
allowing the government to step in and manufacture certain drugs Sho thang. It's right there in the Constitution, in'it?
Geez...
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:27:10 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:27:34 PM PST
by
notaliberal
(St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
To: Zakeet
What an arrogant, ignorant woman. Putting government in control of making drugs will increase, not decrease the cost of drugs, and, there will be a lot of mismanagement and less research. Yup, great idea.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:31:36 PM PST
by
falcon99
To: Zakeet
A corrupt government who can’t balance a budget, who refuses to secure it’s own borders and is constantly attempting to strip/limit/regulate American freedoms, now want to manufacturer medications for ill people?
We’re running out of legitimate options on how to keep everyone safe from these lunatics like Warren.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:34:22 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Zakeet
Joking, right? PSRIs have helped to created many a drug. Public institutions help to develop drugs all the time.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:35:14 PM PST
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Zakeet
Government making anything would increase the cost by a factor of at least 10. Of course, the excess costs would all be buried.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:36:43 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: Zakeet
At least nobody is seriously talking about actually enforcing our 100 yr old plus ANT TRUST LAWS!! Because , well that would put ALL of them in PRISON FOR LIFE and All their Assets would be stripped.
If anyone here takes the time to READ our Anti Trust Laws, they would soon see that it is an Accurate Description of how our current Healthcare Delivery system operates, ILLEGALLY!!!
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:37:52 PM PST
by
eyeamok
To: sparklite2
Speaking of which, there was an episode of Bizarre Foods where Andrew Zimmern met with an Indian tribe in central Maine. In keeping with their traditions beaver meat is their staple food. Since it's just a few hours from metro Boston I wonder, does Fauxcahantas eat beaver? Not insinuatin nuttin, just axing....🤔😜
To: Zakeet
Because government can do everything better and cheaper?
Like 0bamacare?
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:38:46 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Sacajaweau
Just plain dumb.......... How about "dumb with a ribbon on it" to highlight just how dumb?
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:40:27 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: Zakeet
On the socialist menu. Nationalize healthcare. Nationalize pharmaceutical manufacturing. Nationalize oil companies.
Nationalize food production. Nationalize everything, everywhere possible.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:41:09 PM PST
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
To: Zakeet
Me hope Gray Beaver drink too much tea. Then she drown in tea pee.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:41:18 PM PST
by
BatGuano
(Ya don't think that I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: Impala64ssa
Elizabeth Warren Takes a DNA test
Ms Warren, we have the results of your DNA test.
How much aboriginal ancestry do I have?
Well, there is good news and bad news.
Whats the bad news?
Theres no Indian blood. You are 20 percent Irish, 33 percent German, 47 percent Roma gypsy. You are hot-headed, bent on world domination, and completely untrustworthy.
Damn. Whats the good news?
Youre in the correct line of work.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:43:03 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: tomkat
Yeah, what could go wrong? Whenever the gubmint gets involved in something the first thing that happens is the price goes up exponentially. Like the cost of education.
Lizzie Moron thinks that the price of drugs will go down?
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:44:08 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: BatGuano
Gray Beaver make short cut to Communism. She loco on weed?
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:44:18 PM PST
by
BatGuano
(Ya don't think that I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: DAC21
Fiat is practically owned by the Italian gov’t and look at those reliable dependable cars they built over the years /s. They’re not called Fix It Again Tonys for nothing. One reason the Yugo was a miserable failure was that it’s based on a Fiat that was a sh!tbox even by Euro standards.
To: Zakeet
Too much wampum consumin’ goin’ on out dare.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:46:23 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: Zakeet
So I guess the gov't will steal all the drug patents. OK, then we have cheap drugs. But no more new drugs because the gov't sure ain't gonna do the R&D.
This twit must be huddling with that Ocasio-Cortez idiot.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:47:59 PM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
To: Zakeet
In Soviet Russia the drugs manufacture you.
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:50:20 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.“ --Aristotle.)
To: Zakeet
We're from the Government and here to help.
Not no, but...
HELL NO!
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posted on
12/19/2018 2:50:42 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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