Brigham Buhler
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He would give it all up and start from scratch. Right. You're spot on. You don't understand. I sit at dinners when I get the opportunity to be with my family and I look around the table and I really do think, Joe, ever since losing my brother, I am so present in those moments. And I just want everyone to be healthy. And I want the good memories to last.
He would give it all up and start from scratch. Right. You're spot on. You don't understand. I sit at dinners when I get the opportunity to be with my family and I look around the table and I really do think, Joe, ever since losing my brother, I am so present in those moments. And I just want everyone to be healthy. And I want the good memories to last.
And I want to be able to watch people live happy lives. And all the data and numbers and statistics, they're so overwhelming that people lull over. And that's why in front of the Senate, I brought it back to, I'm just going to talk about people.
And I want to be able to watch people live happy lives. And all the data and numbers and statistics, they're so overwhelming that people lull over. And that's why in front of the Senate, I brought it back to, I'm just going to talk about people.
And I want to be able to watch people live happy lives. And all the data and numbers and statistics, they're so overwhelming that people lull over. And that's why in front of the Senate, I brought it back to, I'm just going to talk about people.
I didn't even talk about statistics because there were way smarter people out there than me from Harvard, Stanford, all these academic types that are brilliant. And I'm like, but at the end of the day, guys, if the Senate doesn't understand, these are your children, your wives, your brothers, your sisters, your husbands, your wife. Like this is this is these are family members.
I didn't even talk about statistics because there were way smarter people out there than me from Harvard, Stanford, all these academic types that are brilliant. And I'm like, but at the end of the day, guys, if the Senate doesn't understand, these are your children, your wives, your brothers, your sisters, your husbands, your wife. Like this is this is these are family members.
I didn't even talk about statistics because there were way smarter people out there than me from Harvard, Stanford, all these academic types that are brilliant. And I'm like, but at the end of the day, guys, if the Senate doesn't understand, these are your children, your wives, your brothers, your sisters, your husbands, your wife. Like this is this is these are family members.
This is not just a number. These are real lives. One point nine million people dying a year of chronic disease. That doesn't even include deaths of despair, suicide, opioid abuse. We are a chronically ill society. And those impacts destroy families, destroy them. The ramifications are so far beyond that. Finances in numbers, but even finances in numbers, 24% of our federal budget, healthcare.
This is not just a number. These are real lives. One point nine million people dying a year of chronic disease. That doesn't even include deaths of despair, suicide, opioid abuse. We are a chronically ill society. And those impacts destroy families, destroy them. The ramifications are so far beyond that. Finances in numbers, but even finances in numbers, 24% of our federal budget, healthcare.
This is not just a number. These are real lives. One point nine million people dying a year of chronic disease. That doesn't even include deaths of despair, suicide, opioid abuse. We are a chronically ill society. And those impacts destroy families, destroy them. The ramifications are so far beyond that. Finances in numbers, but even finances in numbers, 24% of our federal budget, healthcare.
Number one budget concern federally is healthcare. Number one concern for most states, healthcare. Number one reason for bankruptcy in the United States for an individual, healthcare. It is a huge problem. But that's the dollars and cents of it. The real cost is paid in human lives and lost loved ones. And that's that's all I wanted them to hear is don't sweep this under the rug.
Number one budget concern federally is healthcare. Number one concern for most states, healthcare. Number one reason for bankruptcy in the United States for an individual, healthcare. It is a huge problem. But that's the dollars and cents of it. The real cost is paid in human lives and lost loved ones. And that's that's all I wanted them to hear is don't sweep this under the rug.
Number one budget concern federally is healthcare. Number one concern for most states, healthcare. Number one reason for bankruptcy in the United States for an individual, healthcare. It is a huge problem. But that's the dollars and cents of it. The real cost is paid in human lives and lost loved ones. And that's that's all I wanted them to hear is don't sweep this under the rug.
These are fucking people dying.
These are fucking people dying.
These are fucking people dying.
I think I think a tremendous amount. But the problem is then you swing that pendulum to overregulation and you've created a drug addict in the marketplace. And all those addicts turned to fentanyl and black market products. Right. Because the addiction is already there. Now we've already addicted. More people are dying of opioids today than ever before. And so the damage is prescribed less.
I think I think a tremendous amount. But the problem is then you swing that pendulum to overregulation and you've created a drug addict in the marketplace. And all those addicts turned to fentanyl and black market products. Right. Because the addiction is already there. Now we've already addicted. More people are dying of opioids today than ever before. And so the damage is prescribed less.
I think I think a tremendous amount. But the problem is then you swing that pendulum to overregulation and you've created a drug addict in the marketplace. And all those addicts turned to fentanyl and black market products. Right. Because the addiction is already there. Now we've already addicted. More people are dying of opioids today than ever before. And so the damage is prescribed less.