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The Young Family calls on their Congressman to oppose new provisions in Trump’s NAFTA proposal that lock-in high medicine prices<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Cancer survivors and others rallied outside the Binghamton, N.Y. office of Congressman Anthony Brindisi recently urging him to oppose new language in President Trump\u2019s proposed trade pact with Canada and Mexico that would lock-in high medicine prices.<\/p>\n

Many Members of Congress have already called on the Trump administration to remove these lengthy monopoly periods of pharmaceutical companies from the proposal, but Rep. Brindisi has thus far stayed silent on the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went bankrupt trying to pay for the cancer treatments that saved my father’s life,\u201d<\/strong> said Chris Young, who was unable to pay an $87,000 medical bill for his father’s cancer treatment and lost his job while trying to care for his father. \u00a0\u201cNew York State needs elected officials who will fight to bring down outrageous healthcare costs.\u00a0 I\u2019m deeply disappointed that Rep. Brindisi still hasn\u2019t called for the removal of the pharmaceutical giveaways in Trump\u2019s trade deal that would lock-in high medicine prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s proposed revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has new provisions that would grant pharmaceutical corporations special monopoly protections<\/a> <\/strong>so that they can block competition from generic medicine makers, thus charging consumers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico more.<\/p>\n

Of particular concern is the proposal\u2019s lengthy monopoly protections for biologic drugs, the cutting-edge medicines used to treat cancer, heart disease, arthritis and more.\u00a0 New Yorkers spent an estimated $7,385,699,139 on biologics in 2018, and that number is expected to increase in the years ahead if policymakers aren\u2019t able to reign in the prices that pharmaceutical companies charge consumers and taxpayers alike.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cLegislation currently pending in Congress that would cut the existing monopoly period for cutting-edge medical treatments by years would be a violation of Trump\u2019s new trade pact if it is approved as written.\u00a0 And that\u2019s the point,\u201d said George Kimball, the New York Director of Citizen Trade Campaign. \u00a0\u201cAt a time when politicians are finally responding to public anger over sky-high medicine prices, Trump\u2019s trade deal would tie policymakers\u2019 hands on the issue.”<\/p>\n

Citizen Trade Campaign, local members of Citizen Action of New York and local unions joined Young and others at the rally. They also handed roughly five hundred postcards and petition signatures from constituents urging Rep. Brindisi to take a stand on the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re calling on Representative Brindisi to resist requests from the pharmaceutical lobby to rubber stamp a trade deal that would limit Congress\u2019 ability to lower medicine prices for decades to come,\u201d said Kimball. \u201cAs this issue comes to a head this fall, we hope Rep. Brindisi will choose the health and well being of his constituents of the profits of big corporations.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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