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Howard Lutnick: “Ozempic and Mounjaro are on Medicaid and Medicare for $149…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 48:58

But if you look at the pictures that are put out, everybody puts out the picture of Bobby signing and me signing. Right? Right. You say, what do you sign, Howard? I'm signing the no hammer rule. So the result is Ozempic and Mounjaro are on Medicaid and Medicare for $149 instead of not on it, and generally for sale for thousands. So think about it. Instead of generally for sale for thousands, everyone in America can have it. For 149 bucks. And that's gonna reduce. I mean, it's gonna change these drugs. (48:58–49:16)

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