Issue Position: Prescription Drugs and Healthcare

Issue Position

Jo Ann has led the charge in Congress to increase rural Missouri's access to healthcare and to reduce the costs of prescription drugs. She is a relentless advocate for the safe importation of prescription drugs from Canada, a policy that would greatly help to reduce pharmaceutical prices. As taxpayers, we are all invested in the Medicare system. Jo Ann is the sponsor of legislation that demands Medicare negotiate the prices of prescriptions on behalf of the program's 40 million beneficiaries. She insists that Americans get better access to generic medicines and authored a bill that has become law to speed the approval process for new generic medications. Her efforts on lowering prescription drug prices are the hallmark of her service to the Eighth District.

Last spring, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and liberals in Congress told us they know better than we do when it comes to making decisions about our own health. They told us that we just don't know what's good for us and despite our objections passed a massive federal government takeover of our healthcare system.

The truth is there aren't very many things the federal government does well. The last thing we ought to do is put them in charge of personal decisions affecting our health. That's why I so vehemently opposed this government takeover. That is why I listened and talked with you and I brought your opinions to the debate.

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