Biden tells asthma sufferers to 'get on Air Force One' for discounts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Part of 2022's Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate prices for prescription drugs that had been particularly expensive for the federal healthcare insurance program that covers millions of Americans aged 65 and older, as well as the disabled.
42% : Speaking at the White House about a new law that allows Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for lower costs, Biden and former presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders touted efforts to take on 'Big Pharma.'Biden pointed to vast disparities for some drug costs in Canada and Europe as compared to the U.S.'Senator Sanders has pointed out one company sells an inhaler for $49 in the United Kingdom.
40% : President Joe Biden with Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) spoke at the White House about new policies to lower drug costsThe event brought together Biden, 81, and Sanders (I-Vt.), 82, who remains a leading force on the progressive left after declining to make another presidential run of his own.
31% : Much, much more needs to be done,' Sanders said of lowering prescription drug costs.

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