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Katee Sackhoff

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1615 total appearances

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The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

for any amount of money.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

And what that voucher is, is a front of the line pass.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

So he can go sell it to some drug company that has a fat loss drug or a drug for heart medications, anything.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

He can sell it to them and they get to buy it for what, $50 million.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

So now Tom has $50 million for his pediatric drug that's going to save children's lives.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

And this drug company has a voucher that takes them to the front of the line.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

Now, do we wish that these drug companies were altruistic and they were just like,

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

Creating drugs for peds, of course, but they're not.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

It's not a free market.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

So what happens is they've now got their voucher.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

Tom has his money to create his drug.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

And since 2012, the Give Kids a Chance Act has created over 60 drugs for life-threatening illnesses for children.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

And because of Elon's tweet, that legislation, because it has to be voted on every four years, was taken off the end of the bill.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

It no longer exists.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

So that legislation, it's not in existence anymore.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

That is terrible because now there's no incentives for the drug companies to create drugs for children.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

And children are already underfunded.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2400 - Katee Sackhoff

They get so little.