#shorts On 7/11/2023, during senate Appropriations hearing about insulin, Senator Kennedy asked, “Dr. Kowalski … Have you ever heard the expression “yada yada yada”? What does that mean?

Witness: Yada yada means “on and on and on.”

Kennedy: Yeah. We’ve had so much yada yada, thank you, about affordable insulin. Not from people like you, but from us. We’ve been nibbling around the edges for years. Um, Dr. Rogers, thank you for giving so much. Let me ask you a question. Do you have health insurance?

Witness: Fortunately, as a government employee, I do have it, and it’s pretty good, isn’t it? That’s pretty good, Senator. Now, who do you think needs affordable insulin? Who do you think needs capping the price of insulin at 30 bucks or so? Is it the homeless or the uninsured person?

Kennedy: Was that to me, Senator, or to Dr. Kowalski?

Witness: Well, as you asked the question, I think the person who’s less available to afford it would probably benefit more. Yeah, we’ve got 30 million people who are uninsured in this country, and some of them are diabetic too.

Kennedy: Now, Senator Shaheen and Senator Collins have a great bill. Senator Warnock and I have a bill too on insulin. It’s called the Affordable Insulin Now Act. And we’re working closely with Senator Collins and Senator Shaheen. Our bill would cover everybody, whether you have health insurance or you’re uninsured, because a lot of people become uninsured.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/besUOZFL4Qs
Kennedy: Have you ever heard the expression “yada yada yada”? What does that mean?