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Peter Welch: “We had a bipartisan agreement at the end of last year on a…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:16:49

And all of us here have been working hard and finally got some success with prescription drug price negotiation. And it's an outrage that your government doesn't defend you as a consumer from price gouging. But the PBMs, We had a bipartisan agreement at the end of last year on a budget deal. We had to keep the lights on in government. It included, for the first time, a reform of the pharmacy benefit manager rip off. Republicans and Democrats supported that. (1:16:49–1:16:55)

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Asserts that a bipartisan agreement was reached on a budget deal last year.

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