Elected leaders at every level, including in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate must take action to hold drug corporations accountable for price-gouging patients on life-saving medicines. As long as the drug corporations have monopoly power to charge us whatever price they choose, their profits will soar while patients and families can’t get affordable medicines.

President Biden and Democrats in Congress took the first step toward lowering costs for millions of seniors and people with disabilities by passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) which for the first time requires drug corporations to negotiate lower prices, caps the price of insulin at $35 a month and penalizes corporations for raising drug prices faster than inflation. But implementing the new law will take all of us.

So will building on this progress.

We must expand the cost-saving reforms in the (IRA) to include people of all ages and with all kinds of insurance to make prescriptions truly affordable for everyone. After all, cutting edge treatments and medicines can’t help people that can’t afford them.

Take action now! 

• Ask your Member of Congress to support The Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act. This legislation builds on the IRA by providing those same lower negotiated prices to all Americans who are covered by private health plans. It also protects consumers against unfair price hikes and increases the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate on each year, meaning lower prices on more drugs sooner. You can contact your Representative directly or call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. When calling the switchboard, simply give the operator your zip code and you will be connected with your elected officials’ office.

• Contact your Senator and tell him/her we need to implement the IRA and build on it. You can contact your Senator directly or call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121.

• Share your story about how high prescriptions drug prices have impacted you and your family.