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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “The Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin at $35 a month…”

Featuring: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic | U.S. House Florida, District 25

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April FL-25 Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 19:48

We have negotiation with prescription drug companies in Tricare for the military, with the va, but we weren't going to have it with Medicare. So as soon as we had an opportunity to change that, we did that in The Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin at $35 a month and capped out-of-pocket drug costs. Because what used to be in Part D is you would have the doughnut hole, that dreaded doughnut hole, where when a senior on Medicare spent just over $2,500 on … (19:48–19:56)

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Asserts that the Inflation Reduction Act set a price cap on insulin and out-of-pocket drug costs.

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