Report: U.S. drug shortage increased nearly 30% from 2021 and 2022

A new Senate report finds that shortages of critical prescription drugs spiked by nearly 30% between 2021 and 2022, marking a five-year high. That report was published Wednesday by Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The biggest concern, according to the report, is an over-reliance on China for ingredients, posing a national security risk and leaving millions of Americans vulnerable. “When we are basically beholden to the Chinese for a high percentage of all of the critical ingredients that go into basically every drug we use here [that] certainly gives the Chinese a great deal of leverage,” says Sen. Gary Peters, chairman of the Senate panel that produced the report. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: https://www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc #China #Prescription #Healthcare