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Elissa Slotkin: “We should allow Medicare to negotiate every single drug…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Elissa Slotkin TORCHES Trump Ahead of Midterms in Explosive Speech | WORLD NEWS | US NEWS

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

Back when I was in the House, many of us voted on allowing Medicare to negotiate the price of 20 very popular drugs. We should allow Medicare to negotiate every single drug price. right? Use their big bulk purchases to negotiate a better price with the prescription drug companies, and then set that price for the rest of us, for the private insurance companies that cover all Americans, whether you're 65 or older or not. (03:19–03:23)

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Advocates for Medicare to have the ability to negotiate all drug prices.

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