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Carl Marlinga: “The Inflation Reduction act did allow Medicare to negotiate…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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Democrat candidate for Congress Carl Marlinga talks oil, inflation and abortion

Published | Video Starts at 07:02

And it will have a key effect. .02%. That's important. But remember, if you are at the bottom of the economic spectrum and you're spending things for food, for drugs, The Inflation Reduction act did allow Medicare to negotiate with the drug companies to drive the pharmaceutical prices down. So in terms of things that hit ordinary families, that is something that is big. The cost of insulin is something that is big. (07:02–07:10)

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