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| Opponent Ties Democrat Joe Manchin to Growing Mylan Pharmaceutical Scandal |
| 2017-06-05 |
| [Free Beacon] Manchin has taken $127k from Mylan, daughter is company's CEO. Information revealed this week on how Mylan overcharged for its EpiPen opened the door for new attacks from a primary opponent of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D.), whose daughter is CEO of the pharmaceutical company. A report released on Wednesday showed Mylan overcharged the government $1.27 billion after the company settled with the Department of Justice for just $465 million last year. Things worsened for Mylan when it was reported that a top executive was paid $98 million that same year. Manchin's Democratic primary opponent, Paula Jean, turned the latter report into a political attack against the West Virginia senator, who has taken $127,000 in campaign contributions from Mylan and urged his colleagues to be "open-minded and fair" when investigating the scandal. "I will just leave this here," Jean wrote linking to the CNN report. "You can ask my opponent about it." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Our daughter was in California a year or so ago. She developed a medical emergency while camping and ended up in the emergency room. She had to have an EpiPen. The trip to Emergency and the EpiPen ended up costing about $8000. To add insult to injury, she had high-deductible crappy ObamaCare insurance which covered little of the bill. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-05 16:21 |
| #4 Oh, did I mention the EpiPens expire after one year, forcing parents to buy a new set every school year? |
| Posted by: Pearl Spatch3340 2017-06-05 16:08 |
| #3 A 2-pack for the Mylan EpiPens was $600. A prefilled Epi syringe can be bought for less than $10. Less $5 per shot if bought in vials. Yeah, there was a little markup. Especially, when a law was signed by Obama to force schools and parents of students with asthma/allergies to buy the EpiPens. I like to know Manchin's role in passing that law. |
| Posted by: Pearl Spatch3340 2017-06-05 16:03 |
| #2 So, Joe conspired with his daughter in establishing/continuing the price gouging for the EpiPen? Please. This is just a jab against Sen. Manchin for his moderate stances of recent. Would not be surprised to see him "flip" from Dem if he wins his next election. |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-06-05 09:32 |
| #1 Between paying for lawsuits and high executive pay, it is no wonder Mylan charges so much for drugs. When you tack on the amount health care insurers take as a cut, the consumer gets gouged on the retail end. Throw in the amount paid for lobbyists in D.C. and the price goes up even more. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-05 07:48 |