york city, and here s what he told me. they sent me to detox. they sent me to rehab. they did everything they could within their power to help me. and they do that for anyone. you know, i m a united states marine corp. veteran, and i ve gotten more help here than i ve gotten from, you know, from the va. i just want to i just want to reiterate what he said. i m a veteran, and i ve gotten more help here than the va. it s the wrap around services that doctors and scientists say can save lives, get people into treatment and recovery. this is life saving stuff. we heard from the mayor of new york saying it has saved more than two dozen people s lives because of the professional supervision here. do you see other cities doing this. globally this is old news. what about here in the u.s.? i think so. the question is what s the biden administration what are they going to say where you are in
drug issue is a big issue. nobody seems to want to address it. it s really hurting. costs are coming down. a very small group of drugs. a very small group of drugs we should be focussed on where pharmaceutical companies are ripping off the public but this talk of we have to go after innovation that s saving lives is something we have to be very careful about taking a sledge hammer. i m pro-innovation. i m all for it. we do have these companies who are taking public dollars on their research and then jacking up the prices on life saving stuff. give me an example. the hiv drug that costs six bug bucks to make and charging $1600. if you re not anti-innovation,
to get that important life-saving stuff to people who need it. thank you, doctor. i m glad you re down there with your expertise. three answers to that question. the first, in reverse order, is the plan. the logistics plan starts with a prioritization of goods and commodities. there was a misunderstanding about which commodities were moving, who owned them, whether they were fema commodities or others so a lot of goodness coming forward with people pushing commodities there, both government and ngos but what fema and the local officials have to do is use the military presence that s there s now to augment the diminished capacity because they re victims of the local authorities and state authorities to push that food, water first and medicines. that s the priority system and what we re doing is focusing on the hospitals but also then trying to take care of the shelters and the common aggregation points for human beings. it s my understanding, though, to the second half of your questio
further. or how about the state of indiana where indiana republicans voted to cut off funding for planned parenthood last april. or north carolina where north carolina republicans overwrote a veto to cut funding for planned parenthood in june. or kansas, same deal, same month, republicans voting to kick the legs out from under a nonprofit provider of health care for women. or minnesota, where cuts back in washington led to planned parenthood closing half a dozen clinics. one of the patients telling a newspaper, quote, for rural women like us, this was the only place to go for our annual exams and birth control. that s most of what planned parenthood does, annual exams, checkups, cancer screenings, family planning, life saving stuff, real care that american women really need even if it skeeves you out, real stuff that our country is better off if american women get. but conservatives in congress and in state legislatures, the politicians who control planned parenthood s fate, they never
republicans voted to cut off funding for planned parenthood last april. or north carolina where north carolina republicans overwrote a veto to cut funding for planned parenthood in june. or kansas, same deal, same month, republicans voting to kick the legs out from under a nonprofit provider of health care for women. or minnesota, where cuts back in washington led to planned parenthood closing half a dozen clinics. one of the patients telling a newspaper, quote, for rural women like us, this was the only place to go for our annual exams and birth control. that s most of what planned parenthood does, annual exams, checkups, cancer screenings, family planning, life saving stuff, real care that american women really need even if it skeeves you out, real stuff that our country is better off if american women get. but conservatives in congress and in state legislatures, the politicians who control planned parenthood s fate, they never let up on them. they have never stopped attacking planne