Penelope
Diamond Member
- Jul 15, 2014
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the elites want to live longer, cuts in Medicare , Medicaid, and public health. The Drug companies spend more on advertising than they do R & D.
This is what you can call , robbing from the poor to pay the wealthy. Opposite of Robin Hood.
This is just the start with the Pubs.
This is what you can call , robbing from the poor to pay the wealthy. Opposite of Robin Hood.
This is just the start with the Pubs.
The House planned to consider the 996-page measure on Wednesday and Senate debate was expected next week, which is expected to be the final week of this year's post-election Congress.
The bill would let the Food and Drug Administration approve drugs and medical devices more quickly and bolster federal mental health programs. It lays plans for $4.8 billion in additional spending over the next decade for cancer, brain and other biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health, $1 billion for grants to states for drug abuse prevention and research and $500 million for the FDA to accelerate its approval procedures
Sanders and Warren — two of the highest-profile liberals in Congress — both complained that the bill's money is not guaranteed and must be provided in later legislation by Congress. They also criticized the legislation's savings, which includes cuts in a public health program under President Barack Obama's health care law, reduced payments under Medicare and Medicaid and oil sales from the government's strategic petroleum reserve.
Sens. Sanders, Warren call research bill gift to drug firms