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WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to the CEO of Novo Nordisk, launching an investigation into the outrageously high prices his pharmaceutical company is charging for Ozempic and Wegovy in the United States.
In his letter, Chairman...
WASHINGTON, April 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), today introduced legislation that would take on the greed of the food and beverage industry and address the growing diabetes and obesity epidemics...
WASHINGTON, April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a draft legislative proposal to address the Long COVID crisis that is negatively impacting the health of some 22 million Americans.Before formally introducing this legislation in the Senate, the HELP...
WASHINGTON, April 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today joined President Joe Biden at the White House for an event on their work to lower health care costs for the American people.
Sanders' remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and the full event can be...
WASHINGTON, March 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday called on Novo Nordisk to lower the list price of Ozempic and issued the following statement after the release of a new study, which found that the diabetes and weight-loss drug could be profitably...
