Pharma-Funded Republicans Go to Bat for Drug Industry as Medicare Moves to Negotiate Prices

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'Did a Big Pharma CEO write these talking points for you on the back of a campaign check?' one critic asked Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn.

Tuesday that Medicare price negotiations "risk reversing decades of progress on bringing lifesaving treatments and medical breakthroughs to American patients."from drug companies that are suing the Biden administration over the price negotiations, added that "the Biden administration is trying to take a victory lap while at the same time they are pricing seniors out of their healthcare and ensuring future cures never reach those who need them.

Democrats have vowed to combat attempts by the pharmaceutical industry and Republicans to sabotage or repeal the IRA, which represents a"The products that will now be subject to negotiation are used by millions of seniors in Medicare each year, costing each of them thousands of dollars," said Sen. Ron Wyden , chair of the Senate Finance Committee.

 

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