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Gee: Pharma hired three lobbyists per legislator during her Louisiana tenure
“In Louisiana, when I, my first year as secretary, when I started to take on this issue, There were three lobbyists hired for every legislator in my state. Pharma.”
Gee: Treating Louisiana's Hepatitis C would have exceeded K-12 and prison budgets
“It was going to be more than we spent on all of K through 12 and corrections combined.”
Gee: Lack of surgical outcome data leaves patients completely in the dark
“The only people who know how good the surgeon is truly are, well, either you have a national data set showing outcomes, which we don't, except for a few small things. So, but you, but the people who operate with that guy or gal know how good they are, but that…”
Gee: For-profit companies solve social problems better than nonprofits because they scale
“And I say to them, Because it scales. You fix stuff. And when you make money, it grows, right?”
Gee: Sued Walmart over Plan B access, forcing national pharmacy policy change
“Sued Walmart. Won a national lawsuit.”
Gee: 59% of New Orleans Children Miss Well-Child Visits
“And you know, in New Orleans alone, 59% of children do not get their well care. 59% of kids did not go to the visits.”
Gee: Half of Maternal Deaths Occur Post-Hospital Discharge
“Half of maternal mortality happens after moms go home.”
Gee: Biden's budget includes Hepatitis C program modeled on Louisiana
“The President Biden put an initiative into his budget this year that was mirrored off of what we did in Louisiana, and now I've been working with Francis Collins, who ran the NIH for a long time, on democratizing this innovation across states in the U.S.”