rbreich ,
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In 2022, prescription drug prices in the US were 278% more expensive than they were in similar countries.

Medicare being able to negotiate certain drug prices will lead to significant cost reductions for millions.

Don’t forget that every single Republican voted against this.

Waterloosunset ,
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@rbreich republican goal America failure

Ruthie ,
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@rbreich
obviously has an edge over consumers by lobbying Congress and their financing campaigns. Each prescription in my husband's Medicare Part D has a separate deductible, I imagine set by some subsidized drug makers🤨

TheNovemberMan ,
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@rbreich 👍👍

PJ_Evans ,
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@rbreich
Even the generic prices are high, without Medicare or ACA coverage.

calmeilles ,
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@rbreich Of course they opposed it because they or their predecessors put into the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 2003 that Medicare should be prohibited from negotiating costs on Part D prescription medicines allowing the pharmaceutical manufacturers to charge whatever the liked in tax dollars.

What sort of sociopath does that?

Congress: without doubt the finest collection of politicians money can buy.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich When markets fail, the government needs to step in:
build government-owned, contractor-operated pharma factories.

  • local jobs
  • resilient, domestic pharma supplies
  • off-patent drugs at cost
tshirtman ,
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@rbreich which countries are being dragged here by stating they are similar to the US? 🤨

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