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Yep, drug expenses in America are debilitating for too many. I pay $6:20 now i think for a Ventolin generic with prescription
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From there

Asthma is an especially expensive condition for many Americans. The annual per-person medical cost of asthma was $3,266 in 2013, according to a report in Annals of American Thoracic Society. Of that, $1,830 was for prescriptions. Though people with insurance may be protected from the full brunt of these costs, many popular inhalers are often placed on lower tiers of coverage, meaning that patients face higher copays or find their preferred medication excluded altogether. .. https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/asthma/heres-why-asthma-inhalers-are-so-expensive

"Big Pharma spending $263M to prevent Congress from lowering drug prices"

It's almost criminal the way so many Americans are crippled by high drug prices.

Democrats opposed to Biden spending bill raise record funds
Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin took in big hauls from energy, pharmaceutical and financial services industries
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Manchin and Sinema are not the only moderate Democratic lawmakers who have thrown their weight around on Capitol Hill in recent weeks. A group of nine House Democrats, led by Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, have also raised concerns about the size of the budget plan, and tried unsuccessfully to force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to push ahead with a separate vote on a stalled $1.2tn infrastructure package. House progressives have refused to vote for the infrastructure bill without assurances that Manchin and Sinema will not gut the bigger budget bill.
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