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Mark Pocan: “It could raise the cost of prescription drugs for up to…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay

Published | Video Starts at 53:51

You've got the MAGA crew in the state legislature that's going to have ripple effects. But it could raise taxes for the average wisconsinite by $3,100. It could raise the cost of prescription drugs for up to almost 300,000 people in Wisconsin. by eliminating that out of pocket Medicare drug cost limits that we put in place. And the Inflation Reduction act, the $2,000 cap annually would be removed under their ideas. (53:51–53:58)

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Asserts that proposed policies could increase prescription drug costs for nearly 300,000 Wisconsin residents.

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