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Kamala Harris: “We have capped the cost of prescription medication for…”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:24:46

Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did. And now we have capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month. Since I've been vice president, We have capped the cost of prescription medication for seniors at $2,000 a year. And when I am president, we will do that for all people understanding that the value I bring to this is that access to health care should be a right, and not just a privilege of those who can afford it. (1:24:46–1:24:51)

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Asserts that there is a $2,000 annual cap on prescription medication costs for seniors.

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