Democrats fighting for their political lives are quickly promoting the lower prescription costs in the new spending bill
Democrats in competitive races were quick to tout their sweeping new climate and economic package after it passed the Senate in a party-line vote.
WASHINGTON — Democrats in competitive election races were quick to promote their sweeping new climate and economic package after it passed the Senate on Sunday in a party-line vote, with all Republicans opposing it.
Some were particularly eager to celebrate the policies aimed at cutting prescription drug costs.
Senate passes sweeping health care and climate billAug. 8, 202203:09“I’m especially proud the legislation includes two provisions I introduced to cap insulin costs for Medicare patients at $35 a month and to limit the cost of prescription drugs for seniors,” said Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., who faces Republican Herschel Walker in one of the most competitive Senate races this fall.
The Inflation Reduction Act empowers Medicare, for the first time, to negotiate the price of certain drugs directly with the pharmaceutical industry, a move supported by 83% of Americans in a poll conducted last fall by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., another politically vulnerable incumbent, also took credit for the policy. “We secured our plan to lower prescription drug prices in the final bill,” he said.
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