07/12/2023
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"When congressional Democrats and the Biden Administration worked to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, we capped the price of insulin for Medicare beneficiaries and empowered Medicare to directly negot..."
"Leaving life or death medical decisions in the hands of drug manufacturers and multibillion dollar PBMs instead of patients and their healthcare providers is literally killing people."
"I believe that the profit-seeking motive in the pharmaceutical industry is out of control, and I think that it is what is hurting people."
"I personally believe that if you have a public entity that does not have a profit motive, like Medicare, negotiate these prices with the manufacturers."