Reply #4: I agree they have been abusing their power.

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What I find disturbing is that the government (Dems or Republicans alike) are not ready to vote to do something to help people. It is all a gotcha game. This should be a no-brainer, as this is one of the few bills which could genuinely help people, but you see people vote against it who voted for it when Bush was president and vice-versa. And I would guess there is a correlation between the votes and the presence of pharma in the states.

They cannot easily force the US to negotiate prices at a federal level as the rest of the world does. But they could show support for amendments like that. These amendments matter.