Per recent news reports, Senator Manchin's daughter - Heather Bresch, a former CEO of Mylan - colluded with Pfizer to drive the prices of EpiPens up.
In 2007, an EpiPen cost about $28. Today, it costs $668 to purchase an EpiPen. That's a 2385% increase over a 14 year period - way more than the 2.1% inflation per year we've seen since 2007.
And you can't buy a single EpiPen. It is only available as a 2-pack.
What makes this even more galling is that, at the same time, Manchin's wife - who was on board of the National Association of School Nurses - tried to make it an official recommendation that all schools carry EpiPens.
This is almost too blatant. That said, it's enough for me to say that Manchin probably won't be interested in allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He's too invested in pharma's profits for that.
On a related note, I have a severe food allergy. Exposure to shellfish is, for me, potentially lethal. EpiPen is the device I'd need in order to avert death via anaphylactic shock. Yet, I'm paying inflated prices because of his daughter. So, from now on, I'm referring to said inflated prices as the Manchin Tax.
That is so upsetting. It would make a great guest essay at the Times or op-ed at the Washington Post. We need to put more public pressure on the Democrats.
I hope i can get an answer from Stephanie on this. I have 70 portlanders on a list that I have been introducing MMT to. I listened to Wendy. It's the debt/Fed part that i get stuck on.
I get the spending but for resource limit, that is clear. If no limit is there any reason to have any debt. Can we spend without purchasing bonds?
Per recent news reports, Senator Manchin's daughter - Heather Bresch, a former CEO of Mylan - colluded with Pfizer to drive the prices of EpiPens up.
In 2007, an EpiPen cost about $28. Today, it costs $668 to purchase an EpiPen. That's a 2385% increase over a 14 year period - way more than the 2.1% inflation per year we've seen since 2007.
And you can't buy a single EpiPen. It is only available as a 2-pack.
What makes this even more galling is that, at the same time, Manchin's wife - who was on board of the National Association of School Nurses - tried to make it an official recommendation that all schools carry EpiPens.
This is almost too blatant. That said, it's enough for me to say that Manchin probably won't be interested in allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He's too invested in pharma's profits for that.
On a related note, I have a severe food allergy. Exposure to shellfish is, for me, potentially lethal. EpiPen is the device I'd need in order to avert death via anaphylactic shock. Yet, I'm paying inflated prices because of his daughter. So, from now on, I'm referring to said inflated prices as the Manchin Tax.
That is so upsetting. It would make a great guest essay at the Times or op-ed at the Washington Post. We need to put more public pressure on the Democrats.
Good, practical solution. I'm forwarding NET to my congressional representative John Garamendi.
I hope i can get an answer from Stephanie on this. I have 70 portlanders on a list that I have been introducing MMT to. I listened to Wendy. It's the debt/Fed part that i get stuck on.
I get the spending but for resource limit, that is clear. If no limit is there any reason to have any debt. Can we spend without purchasing bonds?
Thanks for your response ... Hopefully.
Gib McCullough, a "Lens" patron.