What would happen under the gentleman's amendment is the prescription drug price of this senior would go up dramatically, and he would have to pay the entire cost of that prescription until he hit, I think, the $5,100 limit. This is substantive legislation, the effect of which will dramatically raise prescription drug costs for America's neediest seniors.
The speaker is addressing the impact of an amendment on prescription drug costs for seniors.
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