Bernie Sanders Grills Moderna’s Greedy CEO Over COVID Vaccine Price Hike
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-03-22

[Description]
Moderna's CEO testified before Congress today and it did not go well for him. Bernie Sanders grilled the pharmaceutical CEO for his company's price increase of their COVID vaccine and reminded him that the NIH co-developed the vaccine, and American taxpayers helped fund it.

Sources:
Bernie Grills Moderna’s CEO: bernie-sanders-shreds-moderna-ceos-excuse-for-vaccine-price-hike-you-guys-became-billionaires-that-doesnt-seem-too-complex-to-me
Watch the Full Hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8D0pCeABvg
Moderna to Raise Price: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-expects-price-its-covid-vaccine-about-130-us-2023-03-20/
Moderna CEO Defends Price Hike: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/moderna-ceo-defends-price-increase-for-covid-vaccine-to-congress-11f97b15
California is Manufacturing its Own Insulin: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/newsom-announces-50-million-contract-to-make-californias-own-brand-of-insulin/

Chapters:
0:00 Bernie Grills Moderna CEO
3:10 Moderna Hikes Vaccine Price
5:40 CEO Justifies Price
10:02 Moderna's Greed
14:26 Closing Thoughts
15:31 Outro

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