Patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices. We dont take money for from anybody who profits from the development or distribution of Prescription Drugs. We collect patients stories and amplify them to policymakers and elected officials and were building a community of patients and allies that can be mobilized in support of policies to lower drug prices. I started patients for Affordable Drugs because im a cancer patient. I have an incurable blood cancer, its called multipy my leona my loama. Its incurable but treatable for some period of time, unknown. With very expensive drugs. In fact, im taking drugs right now. I took my first drugs today by mouth and when i leave here, ill go for about three hours of infusion, they plug me in and pump drugs in. My drugs carry a price tag of 650,000 a year. And my journey as a cancer patient taught me a very important fact and that is, drugs dont work if people cant afford them. I will die of my disease sooner than i wa
If you oppose it, 202 7488001. You can weigh in on social media. You can also post a comment on facebook. Post has aington special section, 12 pages, where they get personal. They talk about the lives lost, many pictures of victims of Mass Shootings. Of deadly Mass Shootings in the u. S. Has accelerated. People represented here died between the sandy hook massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed in 2012 and last weeks attack in dayton. They account for one third of those killed in Mass Shootings since 1966. Thatare making the point this is just between sandy hook and this past week. If you look further into this section, they break it down yearbyyear. They begin in 1966 with the university of texas tower shooting. They also put names to the pictures. They list the names of the People Killed since 1966. 54 years, 165 Mass Shootings, 1,196 victims. This is about 12 pages long. Congress iswhat going to be doing, support for gun control is rising, but there is a chance they
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This phone Committee Hearing is convening regarding the patients perspective and the devastating impacts of marketing drug prices on American Families. I recognize myself for five minutes, to give an Opening Statement. Today we are closing this work period, the way we started our work. With a hearing on the Prescription Drug prices. This is a bipartisan issue and i have focused on for many years. The first witness at our hearing this congress was a woman named antoinette worsham. A mother whose daughter died at 22. Years of age after rising insulin because she could not afford it. And it was the subject of our hearing on hiv prevention drugs in may. Today, five patients and her family members are here to share their stories. I urge all members to go back to your districts and to talk to your constituents about their experiences struggling to pay for lifesaving
Between caring for themselves and their loved ones or paying for basic necessities. These skyrocketing prices are forcing families to take on debt, sacrifice their homes or sacrifice their healthcare all together. Imagine having to pick between having a roof over your head or protecting your childs life. Between eating that day or taking a pill that you need to simply stay alive. For americans around the country these situations are an every day reality. Think about it. Americans are dying every year while pharmaceutical companies enjoy more and more profits. Our Witnesses Today represent the one in four americans who struggle to afford the drugs that keep them healthy and in many cases keep them alive. Unfortunately Drug Companies continue to raise prices, rake in record profits and lavishly reward their executives and shareholders, all while stifling competition and preventing access to lifesaving drugs. Drug Companies Make up only a quarter of the healthcare industry, but they colle
To ask three or four questions. And it went from there. This was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every mobile arts campus is of a bubble. The context is important to understand what transpired. Brian how many students . Prof. Stanger 2350, so fairly small. Brian i found the number 63,000 online but said that is what tuition and room and board cost for a year. Prof. Stanger we make a real effort to try and make the experience available to as many br