Michael K. Simpson Quotes

There are no issues more personal than prescription drugs and the high prices Americans must pay to get the medicine they need.

It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies.

To drive down high drug costs, we need to shine a light on the negotiations between drug manufacturers, middleman negotiators and pharmacies.

Let's ask why it is that we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, and your medicine can be doubled tomorrow, and there's nothing that the government can do to stop it.

We need to work on drug costs, and there's things we can work on on drug costs, especially Medicare Part D, to bring drug costs down.

It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices.

The rising cost of prescription drugs has sparked a prairie fire that is spreading across our nation.

First of all, pharmaceutical costs are the single fastest-growing part of our health care budget.

At the end of the day, my hope is that when the new Medicare- Prescription Drug Law gets up and fully running a lot more seniors will pay a whole lot less than they do today for their much-needed medications.

It has been a top priority of Congress to reduce the drug costs of all seniors.

Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications.

While I recognize the great value and importance of prescription drugs and strongly support a continued U.S. focus on pharmaceutical research and development, our nation's seniors cannot be asked to subsidize the drug costs of other wealthy industrialized nations any longer.

Prescription drugs today represent 60¢ on every dollar spent for health care. Ten years ago it was only 10¢.

I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.

With the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs, American taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill for medicine going to waste.

Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is one of the most important things Congress can do to help people in western Pennsylvania.

We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, including enabling the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs.

As a doctor, my thing is, we need to have access to medications; we need to have reasonable prices for medications.

The status quo on prescription drug prices is deeply broken and unsustainable.

Medicare should be allowed to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices on prescriptions.

How long do we have to keep fighting for affordable prescription drugs?

I think we can build broad bipartisan support for bringing down prescription drug costs.

Every American has got to recognize, we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people. We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs because the pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry is out of control ripping us off.

I want to go after the pharmaceutical companies like Valeant, and Turns that are increasing prices without any regard to the impact on people's health.

Medication can help us live a happier life.