[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."
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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.
#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.
#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.
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Oh, did I mention the EpiPens expire after one year, forcing parents to buy a new set every school year?
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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.
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His immigrant parents paid for his college. He never offered to help, not even when in High School. He hated work. He got a degree in political science and his first job out of college was signing up people for food stamps. He's found his niche in the Senate where he draws a 6 figure income and doesn't have to do anything. He was on the committee that oversees the VA and was complaining about how bad the VA was but never actually did anything. It would have been too much like work.
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#8
It is amazing how baby totalitarians Socialist leaders always seem to get richer in office.
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