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Serena Cruz, executive director of the Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation, will be the guest of U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici at the State of the Union address on Tuesday.
"I hope that her being there will help lift up the work you are doing here at Virginia Garcia because it is so important," Bonamici said Friday at a stop at the Beaverton Wellness Center. "I also want to convey the message that health care, and access to it, is a right.
Anger against the pharmaceutical industry is growing. A Gallup poll published in September put the industry at the bottom of the heap among 25 sectors rated annually on their popularity. Nearly 60 percent of respondents said they had a negative view of the industry. People liked government more, with 52 percent seeing bureaucracies in a negative light.
Healthcare professionals, advocates, and families impacted by diabetes say the cost to treat diabetes in Oregon continues to increase.
According to a study by Quote Wizard, Oregon diabetics have the eighth highest average annual medical expenses in the nation.
Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici says the source of the soaring prices starts with the cost of medication, Insulin in particular.
In a July health care poll, Oregonians indicated more trust in their Salem legislators than Congress. Simultaneously, Congress now contemplates giving our state exactly the freedom needed to create our own health care plan.
This summer, Elway Research of Seattle (rated A+ by FiveThirtyEight.com) asked 402 Oregon voters if they would consider a state-administered universal health care plan that converted premiums and out-of-pocket payments into taxes.
Two lawmakers from Oregon are looking into how much people with diabetes pay for the insulin they need.
Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced the End Price Gouging for Insulin Act following a report prepared for fellow Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici found that people in the region pay about $1,000 more a year on insulin than people in other countries — a "rip-off" according to Merkley.
Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced legislation to end "exorbitant price hikes" on insulin.
The End Price Gouging for Insulin Act comes as a new report highlights the high cost of insulin in Northwest Oregon.
The report, produced for U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, found that Medicare beneficiaries in the region pay more than $1,000 more per year in out-of-pocket costs for some diabetes medications than people in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Life-sustaining medications for older Oregonians with diabetes cost federal healthcare nearly five times as they do in Australia, according to a new report done for U.S. Rep. Suzane Bonamici's office.
A dramatic rise in insulin costs over the last two decades has created a crisis in the United States, according to the report, driving people to ration out their medications, sometimes with fatal results.