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Not we need to revisit the concept of u. S. Enterprise funds. U. S. Enterprise funds were launched in early 1990s by george h. W. Bush. U. S. Government dollars funded investments in developing countries. It was an idea that was ahead of its time. And there were several dozen of these Enterprise Funds that were launched. Many of them were very successful. Some that had some hiccups. But most were broadly very successful, but you would ask yourself, why hasnt there is any number of Different Countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. Thankfully, in the Obama Administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool, and i think its a very valid and useful tool for our tool kit in the United States. And so we have examples from tunisia and egypt that were going to talk about, as well. So were going to talk a little bit about the history of what are these things, how they come about, what can we learn from the past. How are some of
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Washington journal. Segment wekend, this take a look at the intersection of your money and federal policy. This week, we are joined by David Mitchell, president and founder of patients for Affordable Drugs to talk about Prescription Drug prices. What is your group . Help patients for Affordable Drugs. We are the only National Patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices. We dont take money from any organizations that profit from the development of scripture drugs. Patients for Affordable Drugs, you are a patient yourself . I yes, about seven years ago was diagnosed with an incurable blood counter cancer. It is treatable, but with very expensive drugs. The drugs i took last year, 400 and 50,000 retail price. This experience of having a cancer and having to deal with these expensive drugs brought me face to face with challenges people confront. Nobody was speaking up on behalf of the patients on direct pricing. Decided we arei going to try and start a group t
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