Phillips will hear from Minnesotans who are struggling to pay for their life-saving medications at a pharmacy in Plymouth on Sunday
MINNETONKA, MN – Following House passage of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) and local leaders will hear from Minnesotans who are struggling to pay for their life-saving medications at a pharmacy in Plymouth on Sunday, December 15th at 2:00 PM.
Phillips is a co-sponsor of H.R. 3, which passed the House on Wednesday and is now awaiting action in the Senate. President Donald Trump had previously expressed supportfor the groundbreaking legislation, which would allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. If the Senate fails to pass H.R. 3, Americans will remain subject to outrageous price-gouging by the pharmaceutical industry and continue to pay four times more for their prescription medications than patients in other countries.
WHAT: Listening session on the out-of-control cost of prescription drugs
WHO:
- U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03)
- State Rep. Mike Howard (50A)
- State Rep. Kelly Morrison, MD (33B)
- Nikki Foster of Brooklyn Park, mother living with multiple sclerosis who depends on costly prescription drugs to manage her condition
- Sara Ginsberg of Minnetonka, health care advocate with Type 1 diabetes struggling with the rising cost of insulin
- Susan Ford of Hopkins, health care advocate whose husband lost his battle with cancer while awaiting financial support for high-cost medications used in treatment
WHEN: Sunday, December 15, 2019, 2:00 PM
WHERE:
Allina Health Plymouth Clinic and Pharmacy, WestHealth Campus
2855 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Plymouth, MN 55441