WATCH: Mayor Pete kicks up a storm with plan to tackle massive medical costs in the US
He describes them as the most expensive medicinal costs in the world.
With his boyish charm, sharp wit and determination to improve the overall social situation in America, Mayor Pete has transformed from unlikely presidential hopeful into a serious contender for the White House’s top job. Add his Maltese lineage to the list and the island is now keenly monitoring his progress in hopes of presidential success from a ‘local’.
And now, Mayor Pete has made the headlines again for all the right reasons, with the launch of his plan to control and reduce America’s infamously exorbitant healthcare bills. Think he may be drawing inspiration from the Maltese health system? Read on.
“Time and time again, Washington has proven that it’s either uninterested or incapable of addressing this problem—with real-life consequences. Nearly one in four Americans struggle to pay for medicine. Three in ten skip doses or forgo filling prescriptions because they can’t afford them. Families across the country face difficult choices: medicine or childcare for my two-year-old? Medicine or making rent on time? Medicine to treat my diabetes or to control my cholesterol?”, his manifesto reads.
This sentiment is further echoed through a video excerpt from a speech given by Mayor Pete: “We have folks choosing whether to buy prescription drugs or whether to buy groceries and the President’s focus is whether to buy Greenland – we got a problem”.
In a video montage released on twitter by Pete, many people, most of them youths, are seen raising their concerns to the charismatic mayor.
Pete’s proposed plan not only caps monthly expenses but reassures the many youths that voiced their anxieties by guaranteeing that no one living with diabetes dies from insulin rationing due to cost. It also promises to tackle issues with pharmaceutical companies full on to control what is described on his website as the most expensive medicinal costs in the world.
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