3 2 TEXANS ARE LEADING EFFORTS IN CONGRESS TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. OUR WASHINGTON CONTRIBUTOR ANNA WIERNICKI IS IN WASHINGTON WITH EVEN MORE. 3– TAKE PKG LOYD DOGGETT: I really see this as an issue of life as well as deathANNA WIERNICKI: TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN LLOYD DOGGETT SAYS LOTS AMERICANS CAN'' T AFFORD TO SPEND FOR THEIR PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE. LLOYD DOGGETTU.S. CONGRESSMAN, D-TEXASTAKE CG @ 0:09 -0:19 Patients who have gone into really major medical care condition since they tried to parce out their insulin or otherwise take their insulin.ANNA WIERNICKI: DOGGETT IS LEADING THE EFFORT IN THE HOUSE TO LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES. HIS EXPENSE WOULD HOLD THE BIG DRUG COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE BY GIVING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO WORK OUT PRICES WITH MEDICATION MAKERS.LLOYD DOGGETT: To make sure that we negotiate to bring these rates down.ANNA WIERNICKI: THROUGHOUT THE CAPITOL, ANOTHER TEXAN IS ALSO COMBATING FOR AFFORDABLE MEDICINE. ANNA WIERNICKI @ANNAEWIERNICKITAKE CG @ 0:39 -0:50 áREPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN CORNYN CLAIMS HIS EXPENSE WOULD MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR BIG MEDICINE COMPANIES TO EXTEND THEIR PATENTS OF EXPENSIVE NAME BRAND NAME DRUGS AND PREVENT GENERIC COMPETITION.JOHN CORNYN U.S.SENATOR, R-TEXASTAKE CG @ 0:51 -0:56 Our objective is to lower expense prices with increasing deductables and copays. ANNA WIERNICKI: AFTER SIX MONTHS OF ARRANGEMENTS, CORNYN ' S EXPENSE CLEARED THE US SENATE MONEY COMMITTEE AND ALSO IS CURRENTLY HEADING TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTEBUT DOGGETT CLAIMS YOUR HOUSE IS TAKING MUCH LONGERLLOYD DOGGETT: To date, nothing has actually been done to lower the prices for a single American, and I hope we can transform that.ANNA WIERNICKI: DOGGETT SAYS THE STAND UP IS RESIDENCE LEADERSHIP.HOUSE AUDIO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI CLAIMS SHE IS WORKING ON HER OWN COSTS, BUT DOGGETT STATES IF IT DOESN ' T DO SUFFICIENT TO BREAK DOWN ON BIG DRUG COMPANIES, HE WON ' T SUPPORT IT.IN WASHINGTON, I ' M ANNA WIERNICKI. 3 SPEAKS CONTINUE BETWEEN OUR TERMINAL OWNER NEXSTAR AND “DIRECT T-V” AND “A-T AS WELL AS “T UVERSE” TO TRY TO “GET TO AN AGREEMENT.WE HAVE NOT.”
