That right was enshrined in their constitution. The inflation act passed in the Senate and was signed by President Biden. $360 billion going into addressing climate change, the largest investment ever by The [Inflation Act] also includ[es] another really big objective of the Democrats, which was to enable Medicare to be able to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. Now, certainly not as broad as many of us would want and not happening as quickly as many of us would want, but getting across the finish line there to at least start that process, give that authority to Medicare. (01:32–05:04)
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Asserts that the Inflation Act allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
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