It's because of the immense, huge, gigantic lobbying power of big pharmaceutical companies. They got it through Congress because they had the power to do it. Well, The Inflation Reduction Act gets rid of [the prohibition on Medicare negotiating drug prices]. that and all of a sudden Medicare can do what the VA system already does, negotiate drug prices with big pharmaceutical companies. (56:53–56:56)
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Asserts that the Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
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