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Eliot Engel: “This horrendous 2003 law, which I voted against, prevents Medicare from using its purchasing power to lower the cost of…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
This horrendous 2003 law, which I voted against, prevents Medicare from using its purchasing power to lower the cost of lifesaving drugs such as insulin.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel criticizes a past law that restricts Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices.

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