I have seen firsthand how affordable medicine can transform families and communities. I grew up in Richmond, one of four children. My family members and I have experienced many of the health conditions that come from the trauma of racism in this city and nation.
Statement from Margarida Jorge, head of Lower Drug Prices Now in response to implementation of the latest provision of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare reforms to lower drug prices for millions of seniors and people with disabilities:
Statement from Margarida Jorge, head of Lower Drug Prices Now in response to news that prescription drug corporations will raise prices on over 500 prescription drugs in the first half of 2024.
Statement from Margarida Jorge, head of Lower Drug Prices Now in response to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio rejecting the Chamber of Commerce’s request for an injunction to stop implementation of Medicare negotiations to lower drug prices.
Last week, Medicare announced a list of ten drugs for lower drug price negotiations, kicking off a process that for the first time will require drug corporations to negotiate prices for some of the most expensive medicines in Medicare.
Under the new Medicare negotiations law,
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The Inflation Reduction Act continues to deliver on lowering health care costs for millions of Americans and reining in corporate greed with historic reforms that will help patients, rein in profits and save taxpayers billions.
This is nothing but a political stunt motivated by the same shameless greed that we’re used to seeing from drug corporations that have made decades of inflated profits at the expense of patients’ health and taxpayers’ hard-earned money.
