Sharon Treat
Sharon Treat
Sharon Anglin Treatis an American politician and attorney from Maine. A Democrat, Treat has served in the Maine Legislature since 1990. Treat has represented Hallowell, Maine in Kennebec County in the Maine House of Representatives since 2006. She is unable to seek re-election in 2014 due to term-limits...
care fix government happen health instead job prices private system turning wait
Ultimately, we do have to fix the whole health care system in this country. But we don't have to wait for that to happen to get drug prices under control. We can do that now if the government would do the negotiating instead of turning over that job to private companies.
addressing covered elderly explains looked medicare people program save states year
On a drug-by-drug basis, someone could save well over $1,000 a year. For someone who is not covered by the soon-to-be-rolled out Medicare program and isn't elderly and doesn't have any coverage, $1,000 is huge. It explains why some people are doing this. It explains why at least 22 states this year looked at legislation addressing importation.
addressing desperate federal government maybe move prices problem receiving reduce ridiculous saying shows state states threats
Maybe this is one way to move the federal government. It's a ridiculous way to be addressing the problem to go state by state, receiving threats from the government saying it's illegal, and yet states are doing it anyway. It just shows how desperate they are to come up with anything to reduce drug prices for their citizens.