06/25/2018
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"We need to identify avenues for lowering out-of-pocket costs, increasing competition, and promoting access to lifesaving innovation--and we need to do so in a fiscally responsible manner."
"In many ways, Medicare Part D reflects an unprecedented success story, coming in massively under budget, with low and stable monthly premiums--and with a generic drug dispensing rate of roughly 90 per..."
"Congress took a critical step toward addressing these challenges nearly 20 years ago, when we voted to enact Medicare's prescription drug benefit or Part D."
"Today, I am introducing legislation called the Lower Drug Costs for Families Act, and what it will do is penalize pharmaceutical companies for increasing the price of their drugs faster than the rate ..."