#senator sander

[reasonsforhope]

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

[saywhat-politics]

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

From @theimeu:

BREAKING: For the first time in US history there will be a vote in Congress to block weapons to Israel.

Sending Israel weapons is a violation of US law and opposed by a majority of Americans, who are sick of seeing their tax dollars fund Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians.

Thank you @sensanders, @senjeffmerkley, and @senpeterwelch for taking this historic step.

The weapons included in this $20 billion proposed transfer have been used in apparent war crimes in Gaza. For a detailed breakdown, swipe left.

[thoughtportal]

This is a crucial bill. Even if the research finds that everything we know about long COVID is wrong, this work has ramifications for Lyme, POTS, ME/CFS, and other postviral diseases, which have long been ignored.

Please write to or call your senators.

[baldwinheights]

[political-us]

[dont-lick-my-foot]

Senator Bernie Sanders Wins reelection to Senate for Vermont

congrats bestie!!

[justjanusthings]

[thebreakfastgenie]

Also for what it's worth I've never discouraged the creation of a farther left party in the US either. I believe I've even said in the past that the Green Party is a disaster and if you want to build an alternative party you have to do it from the ground up. I have no illusions about a farther left party gaining any kind of traction at the national level, but local politics is a lot more flexible.

The only viable role for a leftist party in the US right now is a local/state party in deep blue states that would have candidates run as Democrats if they ran for federal office. Democrats will have different opinions on that which is fine, personally I'm chill with that as long as they treat Democrats as respected coalition partners and aren't assholes about it. I think that's kind of what the DSA was supposed to be? It feels like every attempt at this dissolves into an internal mess because *jazz hands* the American left but it doesn't have to be that way.

I'm not going to personally put the effort in to do this, I'm fine voting for Democrats, but if I had a choice between a Democrat and some leftist party for a local office I'd consider both candidates. That's basically what I do now anyway except they're all officially Democrats and I do it in the primaries.

[onlytiktoks]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5133161-donald-trump-gaza-proposal-israel-takeover/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-gaza-redevelopment/

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-is-no-rush-gaza-2025-02-07/

[simplegenius042]

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[saywhat-politics]

[readyforevolution]

Bernie Sanders is calling on the U.S. and international community to restore their funding to Palestine’s primary aid agency after more than a dozen countries and the European Union announced that they were suspending funds over the past week.

[fluoridosulphonic]

CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES! (USA)

Recently Bernie Sanders has put down the initiative bill of

Joint Resolutions of Disapproval

for the arms embargo to Israel, this is to STOP THE VARIOUS WEAPONS DEALS (20B$) TO ISRAEL. They will be voting on it when everyone meets again in November. It's time to add the pressure of you, as a constituents on our representatives in the government. For people who choose vote, remind that you can vote, and even let them know that if they don't support it, their terms are up for no re-election. Please, put the pressure on Bernie Sanders as well, to follow through with this legislation. Please call, email, fax, show up at capital buildings meetings, and most of all share with others in your community about this bill. We must stop being complicit in the killing of our fellow Palestinians and Lebanese folks! I have my grips with Bernie Sanders past and current actions and opinions on the genocide (This resolution uses Zionist language and myths, as well as how utterly late this resolution is) but, this is the first time in US history that we can help to vote on something like this. NO MORE WEAPONS TOWARD ISRAEL, AND THE DEATH OF PEOPLE. If you'd like to know more, please look at the bill and the fact sheet that will be used. Read it for yourself, I am willing to tear this post down if anything else bad comes up attached to this bill. I remain realistic but, we need to try at the same time. If we are unwilling to rise through militia means then, do something, literally fucking anything, people. Reblog and continue to support grassroots organizations and directly to the people of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Congo, and Lebanon.

[vyorei]

It is an entirely reasonable request and genuinely should not be an issue unless one is attempting to conceal something untoward.