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Gavin Newsom: “Blue Shield... put this on their formulary.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom makes major announcement to lower prescription treatment costs

Published | Video Starts at 24:09

And we don't have those exact numbers today, but we're absolutely seeing what the largest purchasing power can bring. But look at the hope and goal here. And by the way, just Blue Shield... put this on their formulary. So we're already seeing some traction in action, which is exciting. We hope this disruption will lower, as you saw with naloxone, what we came in on the naloxone side, you saw significant decline in costs across the spectrum. (24:09–24:14)

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Asserts that Blue Shield has included a certain product on their formulary.

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