Sadly, my opponent, Eric Hovde, called that particular provision stupid and has agreed, or as you hear, has said, that he would overturn the Affordable Care act in its entirety, including my provision that allows young people to stay on their parents health insurance. He [Eric Hovde] also opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs. saving patients and Medicare money. We need to build upon the Affordable Care act, and we need to build upon our efforts to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. Thank you. (04:06–04:24)
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Asserts that Eric Hovde opposes negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices.
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