Should Government Regulate Epipens

I believe that the government should regulate the sales of epipens because the “Mylan” company has a monopoly on them and is unfairly controlling the price. The price of epipens has been raised over 400% in the past few years because Mylan’s one competitor had a recall due to possible errors in drug dosage. The drug used in epipens, epinephrine, is inexpensive and each epipen carries only a dollars worth. The injector itself is bought by Mylan from a manufacturer for only $34.50 per pen! This is a very unfair raise in price and something needs to be done. European governments have lowered the cost to around $70 per pen, so why won’t ours? *1 Our government has something called ‘Core Democratic Values’ that are the fundamental beliefs that unite our society. The Core Democratic Values include Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness, the Common Good, Justice, Equality, Diversity, Truth, Popular Sovereignty, and Patriotism. I believe that Mylan’s prices interfere with the Core Democratic Values Life, The Common Good, and Justice. They interfere with Life …show more content…
States could ban epipens but that wouldn't solve anything, so this is a problem for the National Government. The Democratic Party believes that the government is an equalizer and helps to balance society. In past issues involving drugs they have mostly put regulations, making abuse harder. Joe Manchin is pressing drug companies that produce painkillers, specifically Zohydro, but that could benefit “Mylan”. His daughter is the CEO of “Mylan” and that causes some to question his motives. Since epipens are legal drugs there hasn’t been much involvement with the government, allowing “Mylan” to proceed without price regulations. There has been pressure put on the issue recently by Democratic representatives, including Hillary Clinton. Hillary released this statement regarding epipen pricing in the recent