ranger11bv Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Last week, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) urged Secretary Robert McDonald to use his authority as Secretary "to break the patents on Hepatitis C medications for the treatment of veterans suffering with the disease." Senator Sanders (at right) notes in the letter that as Chairman of the Senate Committee of Veterans' Affairs, he held a hearing in December 2014 regarding the impact of Hepatitis C drug pricing on veterans' access to treatment, and "raised concerns that the price of these new Hepatitis C drugs, specifically Sovaldi, which is manufactured by Gilead Sciences, even when discounted, would preclude veterans from accessing these life-changing drugs." http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/senator-asks-department-of-veteran-65854/ "A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life." 10% 1992 10% 1995 10% 2000 10% 2005 10% 2010 10% 2015 2015- found out that I have Post Concussion Syndrome(not SC), Stationed at contaminated installations Still at that great 10% !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now