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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak
Yes he did.
The price gouging makes him easy to hate.
Check this (obviously brilliant) punk's facial expressions when being grilled. Pick almost any section of the video.
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I think some of us would have the exact same reaction if we knew the background as to why congress invited him down. It was a publicity stunt, they really don't care about the issue at hand. If they took a few minutes to actually understand why he raised the prices, they wouldn't have wasted their time or his. Some of the news media loves to sensationalize stuff and not tell the whole story just to get more clicks and make $$$. Hell, Hilary was using this story in her campaign. Instead of trying to solve the issue, they just pat themselves on the back for grilling the big bad guy. Honestly, I think Gowdy recognizes this and that is why he is getting out of politics.
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Originally Posted by scottmandue
He was already making profit, he raised prices to gouge sick people to the point they could no longer buy their medicine.
Not everyone has insurance, I do, my meds $5-$15. Little old lady in line in front of me +$300
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He jacked up the rate of the drug to insurance companies. If people could not afford it, he gave it to them for free. He gave large discounts to medicaid and hospitals.
What did he do with that money? Supposedly he put it towards research to come up for a better drug for a rare disease - something to replace the 70 year old drug that already existed (and was quite harsh on the body).
I don't mean to sound like one of those crackpot conspiracy theorists but instead of getting mad at him, get mad at the whole industry...its all effed up. These are the same companies pushing opioids, forming a new generation of addicts and messing up society.