Government spending is a crucial topic that affects every citizen, as it determines how public funds are allocated and utilized by the government. Recent trends show heightened scrutiny on government expenditures, with calls for greater transparency and accountability in the use of taxpayer money.
Key issues and themes in petitions on government spending include advocating for more efficient allocation of funds to essential services like healthcare and education, reducing wasteful spending on unnecessary projects, and combating corruption in government procurement processes.
Notable petitions have gained traction for demanding increased investments in public infrastructure to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, as well as for pushing for stricter regulations to prevent misuse of public funds by politicians and officials.
Explore the petitions on government spending to add your voice to the call for responsible and effective use of public money. Together, we can make a difference in shaping a more equitable and accountable government budget.
Hi, I am an overly politically involved 13-year old concerned about the future of our economy. The United States of America is over 36 trillion dollars in debt. If 36 trillion was evenly split between all the people in America, everyone would gain over 100,000 dollars. And who will pay off that gigantic debt? Our descendants will have to, and that’s not fair to them, which is why I want to pay off our national debt.
I am a RN for 40 rears. If PBMs regulate prices which put independent pharmacies out of business, the very many readmitted patients often low educated, low income will not have access to rural pharmacies which cost less to drive to who can also give better prices than chain pharmacies do.
Please stop the misinformation that PBMs advertise and help all in Alabama by passing SB99.
Hospitals are not reimbursed if a Medicare patient is readmitted within 30 days. If we do make it easier for patients to succeed in better health things will continue getting worse never better and those to profit from sick populations keel getting richer!
CVS Caremark, who controls prescription benefits for 1 in 3 Americans, forced me and 150,000 other heart patients off the blood thinner we had been stable on for years purely for non-clinical, profit motivated reasons. Adverse events resulted and medical expenses increased. Patients need protections
One of my medications, a biologic, cost $1398. The convoluted system where a certain percent discount has to be offered for the insurance/PBM to have the medication on the formulary has the billed amount as $11,211. If you Google the cost of the medication, it is around $1398. There is a fake price that only affects you if you are uninsured or a corporation/government paying the bill. The FTC has the information on PBMs overcharging by thousands and keeping rebates.
My local pharmacy was closed, merged into another small pharmacy. This year, that one is out of network, so I paid 6 times what it cost last year for the same drug. And I see the foreboding signs of sparsely stocked shelves.
My son has an autoimmune disease-ulcerative colitis and requires a daily pill called Rinvoq that has given him his life back! However, insurance/PBM requires caretakers/patients to jump thru many hoops, hours on the phone and constant worry to get the medication they need. It should not require tears and lots of $$$to get meds delivered. I will have everything in order, Rx on file and prior authorization and every time I call to order the medicine it can never be ordered in 1 phone. Multiple phone calls, explaining to an agent who doesn’t care or have answers. It is not right and something needs to change. UC is debilitating to a person. Bloody stools, multiple 18-30 bathroom visits, weight loss, depression, no quality of life. Rinvoq has healed my sons colon. A pharmacist should not be allowed to deny medicine over the ordering GI doctor either!
My Lupus medication went from $120 a month 2 years ago to $200 a month last year. I tried to refill my script last month and the new copay was 3K. I can’t afford that, I barely can afford the $200 I was paying, and this is for (4) does of meds. It’s a shot once a week. Now I can’t take it until I find out if Benlysta the manufacturer will help with the cost, if not I’ll have to try something different or take nothing. Sucks when I feel the best I have in 5 years on that medication. Hoping for the best but not holding my breath.
My Lupus medication went from $120 a month 2 years ago to $200 a month last year. I tried to refill my script last month and the new copay was 3K. I can’t afford that, I barely can afford the $200 I was paying, and this is for (4) does of meds. It’s a shot once a week. Now I can’t take it until I find out if Benlysta the manufacturer will help with the cost, if not I’ll have to try something different or take nothing. Sucks when I feel the best I have in 5 years on that medication. Hoping for the best but not holding my breath.