[1]Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate

John — many
Missourians spend weeks or months trying to get the drugs they need. They
pay more for them too, if they’re lucky enough to get them at all. Big
Pharma bankrupts and kills us, and Washington lets them get away with it.

They call it a free market. I call it a cartel. Please let me explain:

[ [link removed] ]USA Today chart: Millions of Americans face prescription medication
shortages. In Missouri, 60% delayed or stopped use. 28% had negative
health impacts. 33% faced mental duress. 21% spent more on substitute
medication.

Just three wholesalers control about 90% of drug distribution for
pharmacies. A handful of giant overseas corporations control 80% of our
drug supply chain. And now we have drug shortages for everything from
cancer drugs to Adderall.

Everyday people suffer, some even die, but Big Pharma will still get
record profits — that's what monopoly power looks like.

[ [link removed] ]CNN Health article: Drug shortages may mean difference between life or
death for some US patients, experts say.

The facts are clear on this: We CAN make these essential drugs in America
and get them to those who need them. But Big Pharma chooses not to.

To their top executives and biggest elite shareholders, record-breaking
profits matter more than the shortages that cost Americans their lives and
livelihoods.

And, of course, there’s a reason our politicians haven’t already done
something big about these drug shortages. Money.

That's why my campaign doesn’t take a cent from Big Pharma executives. And
it's the reason I’m fighting to ban stock ownership for members of
Congress, judges, and regulators (including fake “blind” trusts).

[ [link removed] ]Center for Responsive Politics and Fair Warning chart: Megabucks for
Lobbying: The drug industry rivals the insurance industry as the biggest
spender on lobbying in Washington...

Skyrocketing prices and record shortages for essential drugs are more than
just cause for concern — that’s a CRISIS. Congress MUST act. If Big Pharma
won't get us the drugs we need, America needs to start making them
ourselves.

That’s why when I’m in the U.S. Senate, I'll file legislation to change
Big Pharma's incentives. I’ll fight to make sure that when Big Pharma
fails to deliver essential drugs to the Americans who need them, they
won't just have to worry about bad press or long lines… They'll risk
losing that market to a new Made-In-America competitor with generic
prices.

With my plan, America will find, build, or modify the facilities necessary
to make the essential drugs Big Pharma is failing to deliver (right now,
30% of American pharmaceutical manufacturing sites are already at or below
50% utilization). Then we’ll find the businesses and workers to run them
on contracts that put patriotism over extreme profits.

We’ll have American-made drugs that Americans can actually afford. And
we'll make them in places like Missouri, where we need good jobs and we
already have the bio-pharma infrastructure to get it done.

When we cut through the corporate corruption and political phoniness
that’s gripping Washington, there is so much we can achieve for Missouri
and our entire country — creating jobs, getting people the medications
they need at a price they can afford, and building up the American workers
and businesses that make our nation strong.

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John,
will you help me take this fight to the U.S. Senate by adding a donation
of $10 or any amount you think is best toward my campaign
today? I don’t take a single cent from corporate PACs so that when I’m
elected, I’ll always work for real people like you.

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John,
unlike Josh Hawley, I’m not afraid to
call these companies out for what they are: A dangerous cartel that’s
exploiting everyday Americans.

When I’m elected to the U.S. Senate, I’ll work to do more than just break
up Big Pharma and make sure Americans can access the life-saving drugs
they need — I’ll fight to see these corrupt corporations prosecuted for
what they've done to us.

And I can promise you this: I’ll fight like hell against any corrupt
politician who gets in my way — in OUR way.

Thanks for always standing with me,

Lucas Kunce


 


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