Talk:David E. Mitchell

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The result was: promoted by JustARandomSquid (talk) 08:40, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that after David E. Mitchell was diagnosed with cancer that cost $440,000 annually to treat, he founded Patients for Affordable Drugs Now to challenge drug companies that act like "Tony Soprano"?

• Source: "Unlike many others, Mitchell had the resources to afford the health insurance and related expenses for medicines that, at the time he launched his campaign in 2016, cost about $440,000 a year. Yet he shared the outrage many Americans felt about price tags and was itching to push back on industry explanations that high prices pay for needed cures.

“I want to tell the drug companies that it’s time for patients to say we’re not going to be frightened any longer by your threats not to give us drugs we need if we don’t pay prices you demand,” he told me back then."

“It’s like extortion. It’s no different than Tony Soprano walking into a store and saying, ‘Someone may get hurt if you don’t give us the money.’ We believe there is plenty of money in the system to get money to your shareholders and still get the research and development done.”" Stat News

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Created by Thriley (talk) and ForsythiaJo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 204 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 22:09, 16 January 2026 (UTC).

• comment: you should put quotation marks around the Tony Soprano part. You should also further fill out the infobox. Will review if one doesn't happen for a few days. Roast (talk) 15:10, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Article is new enough, long enough, and cite throughout to reliable sources. No copyright violation detected. Hook is verified to the cited reference, and is interesting. This is good to go.4meter4 (talk) 01:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)