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Bernie Sanders Fights Rising Drug Prices (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jun 2015 OP
I'm one of the lucky ones. Paka Jun 2015 #1
I know a US veteran who is 100% disabled. yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #2
He really worries about people, every speech he gives, on every issue you can see that he sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #3
so true, Sabrina yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #4
K&R! This should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #5

Paka

(2,760 posts)
1. I'm one of the lucky ones.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:40 PM
Jun 2015

At 74 I'm healthy and not on any medication. But I'm doubly lucky because I live overseas in one of the budget drug market locations. I feel for those who are suffering and can't afford their medicine.

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)
2. I know a US veteran who is 100% disabled.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:43 PM
Jun 2015

He gets his medications from the Veterans Administration for free. I wonder how long that will last, if a Republican becomes the next President of the United States?

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
3. He really worries about people, every speech he gives, on every issue you can see that he
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:44 PM
Jun 2015

actually cares. That is so rare in a politician that as Jon Stewart said 'people think think he's the one who is strange because they are so used to phony, money hungry, power hungry politicians they forgot what a real person who actually cares about them looks like.

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