Coronavirus emergency bill held up over vaccine cost concerns (GOP protests cap on vaccine)

[TheBlackAdder]

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The GOP doesn't like the fact that the vaccine bill places a cap on the cost of the vaccine.

An emergency funding bill to respond to coronavirus is being held up by a dispute about overpaying for tests, treatments and vaccines.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said Republican lawmakers are resisting Democratic efforts to control costs of products that are developed in response to the outbreak.

“Our Republican friends don't want to see the kinds of limitations that we want to see," Schumer said after a briefing with members of the White House’s coronavirus task force, including Vice President Mike Pence and HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

The administration's top scientists have said any coronavirus vaccine could be at least a year away from reaching the market. Moderna Therapeutics is working with National Institutes of Health on a vaccine while Johnson & Johnson has received funding from HHS's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
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Republicans are trying to eliminate the “fair and reasonable price” federal procurement standard for the vaccines and treatments that will be developed and purchased with the emergency funds. “Fair and reasonable price” is a basic standard to prevent price gouging in federal contracts. Without the language, drugmakers could charge the government above-market rates, meaning fewer Americans will have access, according to the Democratic aide.


https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/03/03/coronavirus-emergency-bill-119729?__twitter_impression=true

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[lapfog_1]

1. jesus christ... and I'm not a christian.

the vaccine should be free... and, if possible, mandatory.

The herd needs to be protected. These dumb fucks are trying to kill us all (well 2% of us) through malpractice and lack of understanding on how humanity deals with a pandemic virus.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. So Moscow Mitch is playing hard ball.

Said this before,the Republican Party is the party of Klanners and could care less about the Country.

[meow2u3]

3. Translation: Repukes want to legalize price gouging

What a bunch of thieves those reTHUGS are!!

[GemDigger]

5. On something that is their own failure. They poo-pooed this as the flu.

They definitely were not pro active on Covid-19.

[Newest Reality]

4. I am just so very shocked...

I am just so very shocked that I almost had one of my fainting spells. Well, I NEVA!

The Do Nothing Republicans do do one thing well: protect their hot and sexy special interests with great fervor and glee. Love is a many splendored thing and it can be incredibly lucrative in this case, too. How can you blame lovers in the heat of such ecstatic passion if they feel that we are all getting in the way of their torrid affair?

Anybody who disagrees is just suffering from interest envy and hey, don't fear the Reaper.

[Thomas Hurt]

6. Profit over people, sucking big pharma's....

[volstork]

7. Quelle surprise.

They need to hit this hard in Kentucky. Turtle needs to go.

[stillcool]

8. true to form...

just give everyone tax breaks. They cure everything.