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The "American Prosperity Alliance" does not exist, except as an anonymously controlled bank account that has paid for the production and dissemination of a slick ad that spreads the falsehood that the Democrats have cut $300b from Medicare:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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It's a lie. 2/
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It's a lie. 2/
What "Americans for Prosperity" is talking about is a provision in allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, rather than paying whatever Big Pharma demands - the reason Americans pay *much* more for their drugs than, say, Canadians:
personalimportation.org/dramatic-drug-… 3/
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🧵 (1/16): Our key takeaways from the House Oversight Committee’s final report concluding its three-year investigation into the pharmaceutical industry’s anti-competitive pricing and business tactics.
.@RepMaloney introduces the report with a letter to Committee Members. In it, she reviews what their nearly 3-year investigation revealed:
“Drug companies have raised prices relentlessly for decades while manipulating the patent system and other laws”
“Drug companies have raised prices relentlessly for decades while manipulating the patent system and other laws”
Over 269 pages, the report details the many ways drugmakers abuse the U.S. patent system and outdated laws to prolong monopoly power and raise prices on life-saving drugs.
🔗oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…
🔗oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Jerome you say below that #cannabis poses more risk for youth than other #FDA approved drugs 👉 Really? More risky than, for example, #Humira - a $20 billion/year immunosuppressive drug, prescribed to children as young as 2? Humira side effects include 👇
2/2 ...Sorry one tweet can’t fit all of Humira’s side effects so continuing here 👇
3/3 Whoops I forgot about death! This one article alone links Humira to 34,000 deaths: google.com/amp/s/amp.json…
