Friend,

Billion-dollar pharmaceutical corporations have been jacking up prices,
hitting people 65 and older the hardest.

Prescription drug prices for the most common conditions suffered by
seniors have increased 40% since 2009, while Social Security has remained
nearly flat.(1) Medicare premiums for prescription drug prices rose nearly
15% this year -- twice the rate of inflation -- to cover these price
increases.(2)

Big Pharma is taking advantage of the U.S.’s seniors, and Congress isn’t
doing anything to stop it. President Biden has put forth a plan to let
Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices and provide relief from
skyrocketing prescription prices, and Congress needs to act. Courage
California has joined the Coalition on Human Needs to call on Congress to
take care of our seniors!

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress to rein in ballooning prescription drug prices for
seniors now!

Every day, 10,000 people turn 65, and the U.S. is just not doing enough to
care for our aging population.

Most seniors on Medicare live on a fixed income, and 25% are living below
the federal poverty line.(3) The average Social Security payment is just
$1,658.(4) And out-of-pocket prescription costs for the average Medicare
enrollee takes up a ridiculous 12% of their income.(5)

That’s why this year, 15 million seniors will skip taking their
prescriptions due to cost, and 112,000 retirees will die from not being
able to afford their medications.(6,7)

Big Pharma records more profit than almost any other industry, making
hundreds of billions of dollars on medications that we can’t afford not to
buy.(8) Congress must protect seniors from this vulture industry.

[ [link removed] ]Join us in calling on Congress to pass common-sense legislation to rein
in prescription drug prices for seniors!

Yours in the fight for health care for all,

Irene, along with Amber, Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie,
Mai, Mai, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

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