approved by the fda. then it s up to the person to make his or her own decision about whether they want to gain access to it and that s what had happened. you have to go to mexico or europe? you can t get in america. sometimes people have to go out of the country to get things, unfortunately, that the fda may not have approved area but they are often having reasons that deal with health consequences for taking a drug that hasn t gone through an approval process. john: thank you congressman dennis kucinich. and it should be our choice. let s hear from the other side. both have a form of muscular dystrophy that leads from mustard death. the boy s mom heard about an experimental drug that might cure the kids. she tried to get them at the fda approved trial and was told that macs max could be in the study but austin could not. after just a few weeks she could
sometimes angry. and he knows the drug works, he seen it firsthand and the net everyday and he wants access. john: so how do you reconcile what congressman dennis kucinich says. what are they thinking? with the fda is doing here is an abomination. we talk about the fast-track and when they discovered that they said this is a miracle drug so people can get it right away. that took seven years from the time the trial started to the time that it was able to get into people s hands. 30,000 people died. there s an attitude in government that we are the bullies. that we have to decide for them and i m not even sure that they think about this. and jen could tell you about this. she s mad face to face with the commissioner. and you think, how can you even
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supporter, dennis kucinich. congressman, great to see you. thanks for coming in. does this delay surprise you, first off? no. this is a massive program and there is obviously been some problems with it. they re still moving ahead. there is more people being covered. they re trying to get the benefits out to people who can t otherwise afford health care. so they re moving in the right direction even if the direction isn t something i would personally endorse in terms of a for-profit health care system. this isn t the kucinich plan. no. so here is what we have in terms of numbers. 27.2 billion since the bill was signed. 6.8 billion per year on regulations. 2.6 billion per year on benefits. not great numbers. well, the truth is in this system that we have, one out of every three dialers goes for corporate options, executive salary, advertising, marketing. for-profit system. it is going to cost more to administer in a sense of they
adding up. you go to these states, some of them only have one option. well, it s true that some insurance companies if they don t see a profit opportunity, they may step back from a certain vertical within health care. but overall, insurance companies are going to make out like bandits on this health care plan which, by the way, is only reformed within the context of a for-profit system. it s unbelievable that the message from the democrats is don t defend the plan come midterm elections. say how it has to be fixed. so whatever you do, don t defend it. meanwhile, at 18 minutes after the hour action let s change gears. dennis kucinich, you blame the united states for the upheaval in ukraine. but according to harry reid, republicans are to blame. listen. since this was blocked by some republicans, these important sanctions have not taken place. russian lawmakers voted to annex