'Put Patients First': 70+ Groups Push Senate to Act on Sky-High Drug Prices

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'Put Patients First': 70+ Groups Push Senate to Act on Sky-High Drug Prices
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'After years of promises to lower the prices of prescription drugs, voters are demanding elected officials follow through,' said DavidP4AD of P4AD_.

"The moment for action is now," David Mitchell, the founder of Patients For Affordable Drugs Now , said Tuesday."After years of promises to lower the prices of prescription drugs, voters are demanding elected officials follow through and pass meaningful reforms to fix the U.S. drug pricing system."

Meg Jackson-Drage, a fibromyalgia patient and Medicare beneficiary who traveled from Salt Lake City, Utah to attend the Tuesday event, said she needs one to two bottles per month of the pain medication Lyrica to manage her condition. "We shouldn't have to live in this reality," she continued."That is why I flew all the way from Salt Lake this week to come here and beg the Senate to finally deliver on its promise to bring relief to me and millions of Americans."new national survey data showing that 79% of likely U.S. voters see what drug companies charge for prescription medicines as"unreasonable.

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