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On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
We took on Big Pharma and we won, in fact, with the passage to the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Melanie Stansbury
Democratic · New Mexico

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Stansbury highlights the success of legislation aimed at reducing pharmaceutical costs.

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