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Tammy Baldwin: “This next round of negotiations will be with 15 drugs and…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 07:10

And that first round of negotiation are going to save about 9 million people, about $1.5 billion. It's also going to save Medicare and the government money, lengthening the solvency of the Medicare program. This next round of negotiations will be with 15 drugs and then the year after that, 15 more. I think we can do it much more quickly than that and see those significant changes and reductions in price, both patients, but also for the government, happen much more quickly. (07:10–07:17)

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Asserts that the Medicare negotiation program will negotiate prices for 15 drugs each year for the next two years.

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