0
0.0
Mar 27, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
so this is in some sense an easy case for a big business court that really wants big pharma to win. but i think under your question is this harder question, which is this entire term has been a kind of deregulatory juggernaut where the court keeps usurping to itself the power to decide what clean air looks like and decide, you know, how bureaus work and to decide how fishermen have to enforce fishing rules. and, you know, this is of a piece with that, this dripping contempt for federal regulation. and the most interesting moment i thought after justice alito said that question about, you know, are they infallible, justice ketanji brown jackson came back very quickly with are we best suited to make, like, deep dives on science and scientific regulation because this is the pattern that we see in this court. they're here to tell us what the clean water act looks like now. >> yeah, i totally agree with you, dahlia, that moment where it's like, wait, does sam alito know more about ulcer medications than the fda? you know the history of this. this drug has been regulated more than most dr
so this is in some sense an easy case for a big business court that really wants big pharma to win. but i think under your question is this harder question, which is this entire term has been a kind of deregulatory juggernaut where the court keeps usurping to itself the power to decide what clean air looks like and decide, you know, how bureaus work and to decide how fishermen have to enforce fishing rules. and, you know, this is of a piece with that, this dripping contempt for federal...
0
0.0
Mar 27, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
there's a real sly dig over and over again at big pharma, but big pharma is so profoundly arrayed against judge kaczmarek's crazy order because you can't test drugs, you can't create drugs, you can't do anything if one person objecting in south dakota can get the entire medication pulled. this is, in some sense, an easy case for a big business court that really wants big pharma to win, but i think under your question is this harder question which is, this entire term has been a deregulatory juggernaut where the court keeps usurping, to itself, the power to decide what clean air looks like and decide how bureaus work, and to decide how fishermen have to enforce fishing rules, and this is of a piece with that. the stripping contempt for federal regulation, and the most interesting moment, i thought, after justice alito said that question about, are they infallible? justice ketanji brown jackson came back very quickly with, are we best suited to make deep dives on science and scientific regulation? this is the pattern that we see in this court. they're here to tell us what the clean water ac
there's a real sly dig over and over again at big pharma, but big pharma is so profoundly arrayed against judge kaczmarek's crazy order because you can't test drugs, you can't create drugs, you can't do anything if one person objecting in south dakota can get the entire medication pulled. this is, in some sense, an easy case for a big business court that really wants big pharma to win, but i think under your question is this harder question which is, this entire term has been a deregulatory...
0
0.0
Mar 3, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
pharma, when we really need to expand health care, he's handing big tax breaks to big pharma and frankly making it harder for americans to get the kind of medications that they need. so i don't think that we've really made the case yet because we haven't been in the general election yet, too much distraction in the republican primary its time finally to take this case to the american people about who donald trump really is, remind them that what we want is someone who wears empathy on his sleeve, someone who actually is standing up for the middle class, and not someone who is attacking people again who are disabled, veterans, this is somebody who has no character, donald trump and i don't think that the american people when they finally look at these two candidates are going to choose that. >> well i hope you're right, because it's a struggle. the governor sticking around. we have more questions for you, we want to chat. we want to talk about the judges in your state because they just ruled that donald trump should be kicked off the primary ballot there, this is the weekend on msnbc. the
pharma, when we really need to expand health care, he's handing big tax breaks to big pharma and frankly making it harder for americans to get the kind of medications that they need. so i don't think that we've really made the case yet because we haven't been in the general election yet, too much distraction in the republican primary its time finally to take this case to the american people about who donald trump really is, remind them that what we want is someone who wears empathy on his...
51
51
Mar 8, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 51
favorite 0
quote 0
we finally beat big pharma. instead of paying $400 a month for insulin, with diabetes, it only cost 10 bucks to make, they only get paid 35 a month and still make a healthy profit. i want to capture the cost of insulin done and gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prices and just like the va does for veterans. that is just not saving seniors money but saving taxpayers money and orweek cut the federa deficit by $160 million. because medicare no longer has to pay those exorbitant prices and this year they treat everything from heart disease to arthritis and it's now time to go further and given the power to negotiate prices for 500 different drugs over the next decade. and they are making a lot of money, guys. and they will still be extremely profitable and not only save lives but taxpayers another $200 billion. and starting next year it caps drug costs for seniors on medicare $2000 a year and even for cancer drugs that cost $12,000 or $15,000 and i want to cap them at $2000 a year for everybody. and i will
we finally beat big pharma. instead of paying $400 a month for insulin, with diabetes, it only cost 10 bucks to make, they only get paid 35 a month and still make a healthy profit. i want to capture the cost of insulin done and gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prices and just like the va does for veterans. that is just not saving seniors money but saving taxpayers money and orweek cut the federa deficit by $160 million. because medicare no longer has to pay those exorbitant prices and...
0
0.0
Mar 12, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
he took action to let medicare negotiate prices over the objection of big pharma and congressional republicans. he took action to make sure that we have a stronger economy which is why more jobs have been created on his watch than any president in american history. he took action to pass that bill where the former president promised it every year and failed to get it done. we can talk about language, words were action. >> how important is it for the president to have the likes of pete, gavin newsom, andy bashir out there as the avengers form? >> it is how the democrats won in 2020 and how they will in 2024. you have talented messengers. these governors are great. also importantly, they are battle ground governors that came off of tough wins in 2022. they are fresh from the battlefield and have good operations. witmer elected in 18 and reelected in 2022. a good operation in 2020. where they may be most valuable is having a great operation. >> we will be watching. >>> when we come back, it was this day in 2020. march 11, when the pandemic became real for so many. four years later, what have we l
he took action to let medicare negotiate prices over the objection of big pharma and congressional republicans. he took action to make sure that we have a stronger economy which is why more jobs have been created on his watch than any president in american history. he took action to pass that bill where the former president promised it every year and failed to get it done. we can talk about language, words were action. >> how important is it for the president to have the likes of pete,...
0
0.0
Mar 8, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
look, i want to end tax breaks for big pharma, big oil, corporate jets, massive executive pay that gets deducted. look, as i said, there are 1,000 billionaires in america. and their federal tax rate is 8.2%. i said 3%. that's far less than the majority of you pay. no billionaire should pay lower in taxes than a teacher, sanitation worker, a nurse. that's why i propose not the highest tax, the minimum tax of 25% for billionaires. just 25. and guess what, you know how much money that would raise over the next ten years? $500 billion. and imagine what that could do for america and for our future? it could cut the deficit. it could provide for child care. i mean, so much that we need to do and not raise the deficit. let's invest -- let's continue to invest in the future by confronting the climate crisis, not denying it. i don't know. since i've been president, i've gone with all the folks from my administration, i have flown over those wildfires out west, northwest and southwest, literally, in a helicopter, all of them. and guess what? it's burned down more timber, more housing, and compris
look, i want to end tax breaks for big pharma, big oil, corporate jets, massive executive pay that gets deducted. look, as i said, there are 1,000 billionaires in america. and their federal tax rate is 8.2%. i said 3%. that's far less than the majority of you pay. no billionaire should pay lower in taxes than a teacher, sanitation worker, a nurse. that's why i propose not the highest tax, the minimum tax of 25% for billionaires. just 25. and guess what, you know how much money that would raise...
0
0.0
Mar 8, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
but we finally beat big pharma. instead of paying $400 a month, for example, on insulin for seniors, they only have to pay 35 bucks. and by the way, it only costs $10 to make. they're still paying -- they're still getting a big profit. but, look, i'm not stopping there. let's cap the cost of insulin to $35 a month for every american who needs it, not just seniors. i finally beat big pharma, and now we're giving medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs, just like the va does for our military. this doesn't just save seniors money. it's saving taxpayers billions of dollars, cutting the deficit. now it's time to give medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for even more drugs. it's going to save the taxpayers another $200 billion. we already saved $160 billion off your taxes because the medicare doesn't have to pay that bill. folks, starting next year, the bill i got passed, we're capping the total prescription drug cost for seniors on medicare at $2,000 a year, even for expensive cancer
but we finally beat big pharma. instead of paying $400 a month, for example, on insulin for seniors, they only have to pay 35 bucks. and by the way, it only costs $10 to make. they're still paying -- they're still getting a big profit. but, look, i'm not stopping there. let's cap the cost of insulin to $35 a month for every american who needs it, not just seniors. i finally beat big pharma, and now we're giving medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs, just like the...
0
0.0
Mar 7, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
senate, drowning in wall street money and big pharma lobbyists. katie porter says enough. time to shake the senate up. democrat katie porter has been called the leadership we desperately need, the watchdog, congresses toughest question. katie porter working for you. detailed porter plans to make housing more affordable, battle climate change, cleanup political corruption, and disarm washington special interests. fighting for you. katie porter, senate. >> i'm katie porter and i approve this message. >> a lot of people talk about courage. but for barbara lee, courage is more than a word. it's her life story. growing up in the segregated town and successfully fighting to overturn her schools ban on black cheerleaders, that took courage. leaving an abusive marriage, earning a masters degree as a single mom and winning a seat in congress where few look at her, courage. braving death threats to cast the sole no vote against forever wars. brokerage. speaking out for families and poverty, fighting for affordable healthcare, good schools and legal abortion. courage. barbara lee liv
senate, drowning in wall street money and big pharma lobbyists. katie porter says enough. time to shake the senate up. democrat katie porter has been called the leadership we desperately need, the watchdog, congresses toughest question. katie porter working for you. detailed porter plans to make housing more affordable, battle climate change, cleanup political corruption, and disarm washington special interests. fighting for you. katie porter, senate. >> i'm katie porter and i approve...
0
0.0
Mar 6, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
who has stood up to big pharma, has the integrity and the grit to lead a closely divided state. we have to work on a bipartisan way in north carolina to get things done, like expanding medicaid, like north carolina just did. and josh stein is the guy we're going to push hard. you look at trump and robinson. it's double trouble at the top of the ticket in north carolina. i think that's going to bring a lot of people out to vote. reproductive freedom for women is going to be a strong issue in north carolina this time. health care with medicaid just expanding and hundreds of thousands of people getting health care. donald trump has just said he wants to rip it away. he wants to gut the affordable care act. we have to be really careful about that because this is one of the few promises that he actually tried to keep when he was president. the affordable care act was in significant danger then. and he will do it again. >> and we know that one of the races that's also happening is the race to potentially replace the former democrat who switched, you know, you have got a lot of intrigu
who has stood up to big pharma, has the integrity and the grit to lead a closely divided state. we have to work on a bipartisan way in north carolina to get things done, like expanding medicaid, like north carolina just did. and josh stein is the guy we're going to push hard. you look at trump and robinson. it's double trouble at the top of the ticket in north carolina. i think that's going to bring a lot of people out to vote. reproductive freedom for women is going to be a strong issue in...
0
0.0
Mar 8, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
he thinks about fighting against big pharma, against the nra. he thinks about fighting against big corporations to make sure they pay their fair share so we can have parental leave, medical leave, have child care, and working folks can have a leg up. donald trump fights for the wealthy 1% in the country. by the way, donald trump is a bad guy. i want to remind everybody since everybody has a little amnesia. when donald trump was in office, we woke up every day thinking, what the hell is he going to do today? or what'd he do in the middle of the night when nobody was looking? 17 cabinet members, including nikki haley, have told us, and this includes general mattis, secretary of defense, mark esper. nikki haley, his u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john kelly, all veterans and national defense people begged us not to put this guy within 100 yards of the white house. he is not fit for the presidency. the issue of fitness last night for joe biden got put to rest. the issue of fitness for donald trump will be with us forever pause he should not
he thinks about fighting against big pharma, against the nra. he thinks about fighting against big corporations to make sure they pay their fair share so we can have parental leave, medical leave, have child care, and working folks can have a leg up. donald trump fights for the wealthy 1% in the country. by the way, donald trump is a bad guy. i want to remind everybody since everybody has a little amnesia. when donald trump was in office, we woke up every day thinking, what the hell is he going...
0
0.0
Mar 7, 2024
03/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
it allowed medicare to negotiate with big pharma, right? it allowed to make sure that insulin was capped at 35 bucks for seniors. all of those things we need to continue and those historic pieces of legislation that obviously are now law, we have to implement them. we have to protect them. you have republicans that want to repeal the inflation reduction act. the president wants to continue that process. there are 46,000 projects, infrastructure projects, that came out of the bipartisan infrastructure law. we've got to continue that, get those projects going. and let's not forget, he is going to talk about his unity agenda. there are issues. there are issues that both sides care about. you know, ending cancer, fighting for veteran families and those are important. getting fentanyl out of the country. the president got 400 bills passed and signed, signed more than 400 bills that have been bipartisan. you'll hear him talk about all of those things tonight, as well. >> karine, two of the issues that are burning in this country, among others, is
it allowed medicare to negotiate with big pharma, right? it allowed to make sure that insulin was capped at 35 bucks for seniors. all of those things we need to continue and those historic pieces of legislation that obviously are now law, we have to implement them. we have to protect them. you have republicans that want to repeal the inflation reduction act. the president wants to continue that process. there are 46,000 projects, infrastructure projects, that came out of the bipartisan...