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Umkhulumeli we-AmerisourceBergen uLauren Esposito wenqabile ukuqinisekisa noma ukuphika lokho inkampani ekushoyo ehhovisi likaCortez Masto, kodwa utshele iPOLITICO inhloso yayo “ukugcina ukufinyelela emithini lapho kuvunyelwa khona ngokomthetho.” Uphinde waphawula ukuthi incazelo yalokho okusemthethweni “inamandla futhi ivela ngokushesha ezifundeni ngazinye ngokusekelwe emithethweni yezwe nemithethonqubo engaphansi kwengcindezi evamile yezinselele zomthetho.”
Ukungqubuzana kwelungu lephalamende nenkampani kukhombisa ukungezwani okukhulayo mayelana nokuthi iziguli zikuphi futhi kanjani ngemuvaRoe IMelika ingakwazi ukuthola amaphilisi okukhipha isisu – indlela edume kakhulu yokuqeda ukukhulelwa – kanye nengcindezi inkampani yaseMelika ebhekene nayo njengezikhulu ze-GOP funa ukuqinisa ukugcinwa komthetho yemithetho yokuhushula izisu.
UCortez Masto, owayengummeli-jikelele wombuso, uthe ihhovisi lakhe lixhumane ne-AmerisourceBergen ngeledlule U-Vox ubike ngesu lenkampani lokusabalalisa amaphilisi okuhushula izisu.
Uthe ngemuva kwengxoxo yabo, waqala ukusebenzisana nommeli-jikelele weDemocratic Alliance, u-Aaron Ford, mayelana nendlela yokubeka icala ku-AmerisourceBergen ukuthi umthetho wezwe uvikela ukusatshalaliswa kwamaphilisi ekhemisi – isinyathelo athi inkampani isicelile kodwa akholelwa ukuthi asikho isidingo. Ihhovisi likaFord alizange liphawule ngalezi zingxoxo, libalule uhambo lommeli omkhulu kuleli sonto.
Ilungu lesigele litshele iPOLITICO ukuthi amaNevadans avotele emashumini eminyaka adlule, ngohlelo lokuvota, ukuze kugunyazwe ukuhushulwa kwezisu kuze kube amasonto angama-24 okukhulelwa, futhi umthetho owengeziwe ka-2019 uvikela ilungelo lokunquma nokusebenzisa amaphilisi okuhushula isisu. Akukho ukuvinjelwa kwemiyalelo ye-telehealth yezidakamizwa, awekho ama-ultrasounds ayimpoqo, futhi asikho isidingo sokuthi udokotela abe khona lapho isiguli sithatha amaphilisi.
“E-Nevada, siyizwe elizimele. Sikhodlile Roe v. Wade ngo-1990. Sikholelwa elungelweni lowesifazane lokuzikhethela nokuthi abesifazane kufanele bathole imishanguzo abayidingayo,” kusho yena. “Noma iyiphi inkampani engeke iwulandele umthetho wethu futhi inganikezi lowo muthi obalulekile onikezwe iminyaka engu-20 edlule – ngizoyibiza ngawo.”
I-Walgreens, uchungechunge lwekhemisi lwesibili ngobukhulu esizweni, kuqinisekiswe ku-POLITICO ngasekuqaleni kukaMashi ukuthi ngeke lisabalalise amaphilisi ezifundazweni ezingu-21 lapho abameli bamaRepublicans besabise inkampani ngokuthatha izinyathelo zomthetho. I-Albertsons, i-Costco, i-CVS, i-Kroger, i-Rite Aid ne-Walmart, kuze kube manje, benqabile ukuveza izinhlelo zabo zokusabalalisa.
Kodwa njengoba wonke amakhemisi ase-US ancike ku-AmerisourceBergen ukuthi agcine uhlobo lwegama lomuthi, incazelo yomthengisi yemithetho yezwe ingase inqume ukufinyelela kwezigidi zabantu ukuya phambili. Amakhemisi asengakwazi ukuthola futhi asabalalise izinguqulo ezijwayelekile zephilisi lokuhushula isisu.
I-AmerisourceBergen yenqabile ukuhlinzeka ngohlu lwayo lwezifunda lapho ingeke isabalalise khona izidakamizwa noma isizathu sokuthi kungani ukuhlaziya kwayo lapho ingenza kanjalo kuhluke khona kokwa-Walgreens’. Le nkampani igcizelele esitatimendeni ukuthi izoqhubeka nokusabalalisa amaphilisi “kubahlinzeki abaqinisekisiwe njengemitholampilo ye-OB-GYN kanye nemikhuba eholwa odokotela” kuzo zonke izifundazwe. Kodwa-ke kubantu abaningi ezweni lonke – ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemakhaya nasezindaweni ezithathwa njengeziwugwadule zokunakekelwa komama – ikhemisi elenziwe ngezitini nodaka litholakala kalula kunehhovisi likadokotela, isizathu esisodwa sokuthi abaphathi bakwaBiden bafuna ukunweba ukuthi ngubani ongahlinzeka ngamaphilisi okuhushula izisu ngemuva kokuhlinzwa. Roe yachithwa.
Ukukhishwa kwekhemisi kwamaphilisi okuhushula isisu kuwumngcele omusha – owenziwe watholakala ushintsho lwenqubomgomo abaphathi beBiden bamemezele ngoJanuwari. Amaketanga amakhulu, amakhemisi azimele nabasabalalisi abafana ne-AmerisourceBergen basebenzela ukuthola isitifiketi kumkhiqizi wezidakamizwa ukuze bathengise amaphilisi – njengoba kudingwa yi-Food and Drug Administration. Kodwa njengoba benza kanjalo, banjalo kungena impi phakathi kwezikhulu ezikhethiwe zezwe kanye nezifunda ezinezincazelo ezincintisanayo zokuthi ingabe ukuthengiswa kwezidakamizwa ekhemisi kusemthethweni.
Cishe abameli bombuso waseRiphabhulikhi abacishe babe ngamashumi amabili babhalela amaketanga amakhulu ekhemisi ngoFebhuwari besabisa ngokuthatha izinyathelo zomthetho uma izinkampani zikhipha amaphilisi okuhushula isisu ngeposi noma emakhemisi ezitini nodaka ezifundazweni zazo. Abameli beDemocratic Attorney General baphendule ngencwadi yabo benxusa amakhemisi ukuthi akhiphe amaphilisi futhi bethi ilungelo labo lokwenza lokho livikelwe ngokusemthethweni.
Abanye abaholi bangene shi kulo mbango. U-California Gov. Gavin Newsom, iDemocrat, unqamule inkontileka nabakwa-Walgreens ukuhlinzeka ngezidakamizwa ohlelweni lwayo lokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo kulandela umbiko we-POLITICO mayelana nesimo sokusabalalisa amaphilisi okukhipha isisu, kuyilapho uSens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Misa.) kanye UMazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) babe bafuna amakhemisi adalule kuCongress bazowakhipha kuphi amaphilisi nokuthi basithatha kanjani leso sinqumo.
“Umthetho ungase ukubeke kucace ngempela ukuthi lokhu kuvumelekile kodwa ikhono lama-AG lokusongela izinyathelo zomthetho lingaphazamisa izinkampani ezenza lokho okushiwo umthetho,” kusho u-Joanne Rosen, uthisha omkhulu eMnyangweni Wenqubomgomo Nokuphathwa Kwezempilo Esikoleni sase-Bloomberg. “Lezo zikhulu zithembele ekusatshisweni nasekwesabeni ukuvala into noma ngabe kusemthethweni, ngoba izinkampani azifuni ukubhekana nokushushiswa.”
