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dadsinsuits · 22 hours

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Joe Manchin

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reasonsforhope · 28 days

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Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three of the companies have relented, making commitments to cap costs for their inhalers at $35 for patients who now pay much more.

25 million Americans have asthma and 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), meaning over 40 million Americans rely on inhalers to breathe.

Inhalers have been available since the 1950s, and most of the drugs they use have been on the market for more than 25 years.

According to a statement from the Wisconsin Senator’s office, inhaler manufacturers sell the exact same products at a much lower costs in other countries. One of AstraZeneca’s inhalers, Breztri Aerosphere, costs $645 in the U.S.—but just $49 in the UK. Inhalers made by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Teva have similar disparities.

Baldwin and her Democratic colleagues—New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders—pressured the companies to lower their prices by writing letters to GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, and AstraZeneca requesting a variety of documents that show why such higher prices are charged in America compared to Europe.

As a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Baldwin recently announced that as a result of the letters they had secured commitments from three of the four to lower the out-of-pocket costs of inhalers to a fixed $35.00 rate.

“For the millions of Americans who rely on inhalers to breathe, this news is a major step in the right direction as we work to lower costs and hold big drug companies accountable,” said Senator Baldwin.

A full list of the inhalers and associated drugs can be viewed here.

It’s the second time in the last year that pharmaceutical companies were forced to provide reasonable prices—after the cost of insulin was similarly capped successfully at $35 per month thanks to Congressional actions led by the White House.

-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024

#united states #us politics #us senate #tammy baldwin #bernie sanders #big pharma #health care #us healthcare #inhaler #asthma #pulmonary disease #healthcare access #affordability #disability #good news #hope

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sayruq · 2 months

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #unrwa #gaza genocide #genocide #us senate #Edited

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bonesashesglass · 5 months

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They only blocked the bill because the package didn’t include aid to Ukraine, it’s a small step but it’s still a step.

In the meantime, we need to keep sharing, posting, and calling or messaging our reps. Even just talking about it with people goes a long way to spreading the word of what Israel is doing.

Let’s keep it up. We won’t stop until Palestine is free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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meltingangels · 4 months

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#us senate #senate #usa #personal #random

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 2 years

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intersectionalpraxis · 1 month

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charlesoberonn · 5 months

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So just today there were two different physical altercations in the US congress (both by Republicans because of course)

You doing okay, America? (rhetorical)

#politics #us politics #american congress #congress #house of representatives #kevin mccarthy #us senate

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daddysakic · 2 months

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Lads, the day we thought would never come

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#us politics #us government #mitch mcconnell #us senate #fuck the gop #gop #go vote #vote #senators #us senator #good riddance #thank fuck #breaking news #news #breaking news destiel

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thealiveshadow · 4 months

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Does Tumblr know about the gay sex in the senate? I thought that it would make a bigger splash on the famous Gay Sex Website.

#senate #us senate #politics #gay #lgtbqia+#us politics #america #tumblr #usa

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louisapennyfeather2021 · 5 months

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The People: "Free Palestine! Ceasefire Now!"

Congress: "How about we don't do that and we try to sneak KOSA through while none of you are paying attention?"

Call/Email your Senators. These ones are the most likely to get KOSA stopped(for now) so that they'll have to find another way to get it through:

This website will give help you email a pre-written message to Congress and will give you a script to call your Senators:

#kids online safety act #stop kosa #kosa bill #kosa #sam's thoughts #sam says stuff #sam's ranting #sam says shit #sam's club #sam's life #sam's gas can #congress #the us senate #us senate #bad internet bills

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dadsinsuits · 24 days

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Tommy Tuberville

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vyorei · 6 months

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Well how about that...

BASED USA ✊🇵🇸

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #American Solidarity with Palestine #USian Solidarity with Palestine #Protest #US Senate #antony blinken #lloyd austin #Help Ukraine yeah but fuck the bastards committing genocide #USA

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sayruq · 5 months

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #us congress #us senate #anti zionisim

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study-of-happiness · 2 years

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"There's fifty senetors right now who refuse to vote on HR-8, which is a background check rule that the house passed a couple of years ago, it's been sitting there for two years. And there is a reason they won't vote on it:

To hold onto power."

Steve Kerr speech following school shooting in Uvalde, Texas leaving 19 children and 2 teachers dead.

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destiel-news-network · 7 months

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90 years old, 31 years in the Senate.

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#destiel #politics #us politics #dianne feinstein #us senate #california #breaking news #castiel #dean winchester

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