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Uncle Joe

(60,319 posts)
9. There is this legislation that was passed recently called the Inflation Reduction Act.
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 02:58 PM
Wednesday

One of the features of this policy is allowing Medicare to negotiate with Big Pharma for the first time in U.S. history on some prescription drugs.

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Because of the prescription drug law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare is able to negotiate directly with drug companies to improve access to some of the costliest single-source brand-name Medicare Part B and Part D drugs.

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https://www.cms.gov/inflation-reduction-act-and-medicare/medicare-drug-price-negotiation

This is a small but significant step, and the moral/political awareness that helped to bring it about was fueled in part by Bernie Sanders keeping our dysfunctional health care issues front and center for all these years.

That's what I'm speaking of when I say moral/political awareness you don't get it by keeping your mouth shut and going along with a dysfunctional system that benefits the very few at the expense of the overwhelming majority just because you have yours or you're afraid of rocking the boat.

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