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Matt Cartwright: “We're able to cap seniors out of pocket expenses at $2,000 a…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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Legislative Forum with Congressman Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 57:55

But starting in January, there's a formulary, which is a $50 word that means a list of drugs is a formulary that Medicare is allowed to negotiate drug prices with big pharmaceutical companies. And as a result, wonderful things are going to happen. We're able to cap seniors out of pocket expenses at $2,000 a year on medications. There's a lot of seniors that pay a lot more to that. More than that, out of pocket starting in January 2000 a year is the most they'll ever have to pay. (57:55–58:04)

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Asserts that seniors' out-of-pocket expenses for medications will be capped at $2,000 annually.

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