I’m a 75-year-old lady who recently went into a shop at the Meadowood Mall near the food court and a children’s arcade.
I am no prude, but I was shocked to see the merchandise that should only be seen in an Adult Only store. I saw kids all ages in there and some with their parents. Yes, some things could bring on a giggle or two but the vulgar language on t-shirts etc., was a little much.
I was a single mother, and my son had skate boards, bicycles, surfboards, guitars, but never brought home things with the language I saw on the merchandise there. I guess the common decency is no longer the norm. I feel sorry for the kids who may not have had at least a basic moral background.
A Concerned Citizen, Reno
To The Editor:
Seniors in Nevada and across the country often face higher healthcare needs and rely on prescription medications to help manage a range of issues and conditions. As one of those folks, I think it’s wrong that Americans are paying so much more for the exact same medications as patients in other countries.
I’m glad President Trump isn’t afraid to point out the dysfunction in our healthcare system that leads to this problem, but I don’t believe the answer is to import foreign drug prices. That doesn’t necessarily mean patients here would see any of the savings, and it does little to address the problems we have that contribute to rising drug costs for Americans.
What would help, however, is if lawmakers on both sides of the aisle would work together to fix the broken 340B drug pricing program. Originally designed to help hospitals in low-income and rural communities deliver better care to their patients, the program is now being abused as many hospitals are taking in the discounts that they get on prescription drugs but refusing to share the savings with patients.
Reforming this program so hospitals can’t take advantage of it seems like a much better solution than trying to mirror other countries’ drug pricing systems without holding any of the bad actors in our healthcare system accountable. That’s what Nevada’s leaders in Washington should focus their efforts on.
