Leave it to Florida’s own Senator Rick Scott to speak plain truth about a crisis hiding in plain sight — one that affects every hospital, every pharmacy, and every one of us.
This week, Senator Scott published a powerful op-ed in The Hill about the nation’s dangerous dependence on foreign drug ingredients, especially for the common and life-saving blood thinner heparin — used in millions of surgeries and dialysis treatments every year.
Read his full piece here: https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5556002-heparin-drug-supply-chain/
Why this matters — and fast:
- 💉 Heparin is critical — and our supply is fragile. Nearly all of it depends on imports from China. If that chain breaks, American hospitals could face catastrophic shortages overnight.
- 🧪 We’ve outsourced too much. For decades, the U.S. has allowed foreign suppliers to control the ingredients used in vital medications.
- 🇺🇸 Senator Scott is demanding accountability. He’s calling for stronger domestic manufacturing and transparency from the FDA — and for America to take back control of its medical independence.
- 🚨 This isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a national security issue. Lives are on the line, and so is our ability to care for our own citizens in a crisis.
Common sense isn’t complicated: America should make its own medicine. Period.
