When my sister, Rachel, invited me to attend the hearing, I had no idea what to expect. I just assumed it would be a bunch of people talking politics kind of over my head. But that was not it at all.
Seven people testified about various aspects of the EpiPen cost issue:
2 parent advocates
a community pharmacist
an economist from Western KY University
a former FDA member
my boss from UK
a policy strategist
I was amazed that I understood and agreed with everything these people had to say. They articulated their concerns very nicely. And Senator Paul asked some really good questions to try to dig deeper into the problem.
The result: We heard many facts. Several potential solutions surfaced.
I thought it was so cool to be a part of this process. Hopefully sometime in the near future we will see some new legislation that will come from hearings like this one. It makes me a bit proud of our country. It's got a LOT of problems -- but it's still a great place to live!
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