[mpen-dayton] FW: Constitutional Amendment & FW: Invitation: Conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren & FW: Drug Companies to Launch Deceitful TV Ad Campaign

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• FW: Constitutional Amendment
• FW: Invitation: Conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren
• FW: Drug Companies to Launch Deceitful TV Ad Campaign

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From: Munsup @SISCOM
Subject: RSVP: Conversation with Sen. Warren on May 31 (Today)

I just RSVPed for a special conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren about the massive opposition to Donald Trump and where we go from here.

Here's the link to join me: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/elizabeth-warren-conversation/?sp_ref=307655643.4.181102.e.577031.2&referring_akid=.1004336.ZUBkje&source=mailto_sp

Would you do the same? Thanks!

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From: Murshed Zaheed; Political Director, CREDO Action from Working Assets
Subject: Invitation: Conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Persisting with our resistance: Conversation with Sen. Warren Join us for a special conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 2:15 p.m. PT /5:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 31. Click below to RSVP:     We have some awesome news. Progressive champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to come by and visit the CREDO team tomorrow to engage with our community.   That is right. Mark this down on your calendar now. On Wednesday, May 31, Sen. Warren is joining us for a special conversation with the CREDO team about progressives' ongoing resistance to Donald Trump. We are going to stream the conversation on Facebook Live, and we hope you can join us.   Click here to RSVP. We'll send you an email linking to the conversation right when it starts. The CREDO community has been relentless in our opposition to Trump. We are fighting his attacks on Muslims, immigrants, women and LGBTQ people. We are demanding an independent investigation into his Russia ties and reported attempts to obstruct justice. We are pushing back on his attempts to shred our social safety net, take away health care from millions of people, suppress the vote and destroy the free internet. Thanks to our tenacious and persistent activism, the resistance has been working. We have been able to stop or slow down the advancement of the Trump administration's hateful and destructive right-wing agenda on a number of fronts. Join us tomorrow to hear from Sen. Warren about where we go from here. Click here to RSVP. Click below to RSVP:

 

From: David P. Little; Southern Regional Director, Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
Subject: Drug Companies to Launch Deceitful TV Ad Campaign

Please review this recent release from the Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices. Clearly the major drug companies intend to confuse Ohio voters so that they can maintain an outrageous pricing system. This issue will be on the November ballot.

For Immediate Release May 22, 2017 Drug Companies to Launch Deceitful TV Ad Campaign Pharma Has Long Track-Record of Lying Columbus – Supporters of the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act are warning that the drug companies this week plan to launch a TV ad campaign to deceive and mislead Ohio voters about the Act's reform plan to put the brakes on the price-gouging practices of the drug industry that now hurt Ohio families, taxpayers and veterans. The Act will be on the statewide Ohio ballot this coming November. "The drug industry's TV ads should come with a U.S. Surgeon General's warning: The lies being spread by the corporate drug cartel and by their CEOs are hazardous to the health of millions of Ohioans, including 164,000 children," said Dennis Willard, spokesman for Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices. "A yes vote for the Relief Act will lower the cost of life-saving drugs for the sick and suffering, save Ohio taxpayers nearly $400 million a year and give Ohioans a chance to send a message nationwide that they are fed up with the drug industry ripoff." "Time and again, drug companies have been accused by federal regulators and prosecutors of illegally fixing prices, defrauding taxpayers and misleading patients, doctors and the government about the safety and efficacy of their drugs," said Willard. "And those prosecutions have been successful. Twenty of the nation's biggest drug companies – the same drug companies who will be funding the campaign against the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act – have had to pay out almost $20 billion to settle allegations related to their deceptive practices." (See chart here). Here are a few examples of the industry's record of deceit:     In 2013, Pfizer,Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., agreed to pay $2.3 billion for fraudulently marketing some of their drugs and causing healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, to be over-billed by hundreds of millions of dollars. The settlement required Pfizer to repay nearly $1 billion to the programs that were overbilled. The U.S. Department of Justice at the time called the settlement a "landmark" in protecting "the public from those who seek to earn a profit through fraud." In Oct. 2016, Mylan, Inc., which caused a huge public outcry when it jacked up the price of its EpiPen device by 500 percent, agreed to pay $465 million to settle a U.S. DOJ lawsuit that alleged the company had overcharged the Medicare and Medicaid programs by misclassifying the EpiPen device as a generic drug. In 2013, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries, including Janssen Pharmaceuticals, agreed to pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil cases that alleged the healthcare giants illegally promoted and marketed several of its prescription drugs, most notably the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, to unwitting consumers for uses not approved by the Federal Drug Administration. "The conduct at issue in this case jeopardized the health and safety of patients," said then-Attorney General Eric Holder. "We could go on and on about the deceitful activities of the drug industry," said Willard. "The record shows this industry will say anything and do anything to add to and protect its profits. Ohioans have every reason to doubt the truth of the industry's TV ads." The Ohio Drug Price Relief Act requires Ohio's state government agencies to pay no more for the drugs they buy than what the Department of Veterans Affairs pays for the same drugs. The VA gets a 20-24 percent discount on its drug purchases. The affected Ohio agencies now buy hundreds of millions of dollars of drugs for nearly 4 million Ohioans, including those on Medicaid and retired and active state employees. For more information Contact: Dennis Willard; 614.209.8945, dennis@precisionnewmedia.com

 

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