Cory Booker and a dozen other democrats join the GOP majority saying no to cheaper medicine (salary, Israel)

[Goodnight]

Originally Posted by bpollen

Fake news.

There was no "bill" for importing drugs from Canada. It was the GOP's Senate change in budget procedure. Someone tacked onto the bill an amendment for importing drugs from Canada. Importing drugs from Canada is not going to get passed as a tacked-on amendment to a budget bill. It will have to be a separate proposal, probably by a Senator with some clout in the Senate. Most of the Senate voted against the amendment. And yes...many of the politicians of both parties are in the pocket of Big Pharma.

Those who voted against that particular amendment (there were a LOT of amendments to the budget bill; most of them were voted against):

Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gardner (R-CO)
Graham (R-SC)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Moran (R-KS)
Murray (D-WA)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Aside from importing drugs from Canada how would this bill reduce drug prices?

[PCALMike]

Originally Posted by bpollen

Fake news.

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Real news. Cory Booker and a dozen other Dems joined the corrupt GOP majority saying no to cheaper medicine. 75% of Dems voted for it while the Dems which have received the most donations from big pharma voted against it. Thats the reality. And they will pay the price in future elections as more and more people are waking up to their corrupt ways which kills off huge numbers of people every year who have to choose between food and life saving medicine.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by Enigma777

Interesting.

Does that mean that people who vote for GOP reps are expecting them to do the wrong thing, or are they just misguided?

I am unable to speak for them.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

Aside from importing drugs from Canada how would this bill reduce drug prices?

I can't believe I just read this.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by pknopp

I can't believe I just read this.

You believe companies will simply keep the ratios the same on cheaper drugs, but that isnt likely.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

You believe companies will simply keep the ratios the same on cheaper drugs, but that isnt likely.

I have no idea what companies you are talking about.

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by pknopp

I have no idea what companies you are talking about.

Insurance companies and the pharmacies they work with.

Again, the amendment would have only allowed them to get these drugs, not you directly.


The 500 dollar value bottle of prescription pills is probably going to cost the same after insurance as the 300 dollar bottle from Canada

[Kracer]

Originally Posted by Enigma777

Not sure I understand the point of this post. Is it to bash the 39 Republicans who voted against it vs. the 12 Republicans who voted for it?

Or to point out that 32 Dems voted for it and 13 against it?

Or just to bash Booker?

Just bashing CB is good enough.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

Insurance companies and the pharmacies they work with.

Insurance companies don't work this way. At that, we need to cut them out.

[johnsonkk]

Originally Posted by PCALMike

There is strong support among the American people to reduce prescription drug prices. But puppets in the pockets of big pharma dont like it.

For Some Reason, Cory Booker and 12 Other Dems Killed a Bill That Would Lower Drug Prices*

The people who voted against the will of the people:

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But why don't democrats want to help Americans by lowering drug prices. Are they anti- American?