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pinkstarburst

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46. What drug prices?

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:16 PM

Jul 20

I take a bunch of drugs because I'm chronically ill. I did not see any reduction in prescription medication costs under Biden. In fact, my costs went UP.

This is what I'm talking about. Not just getting costs reduced for 10 drugs, not just getting them reduced for Medicare recipients, getting drug prices reduced for EVERYONE.

This is the sort of kitchen table issues that I think sank us in 2024. If things didn't personally feel better for you, maybe you felt like the administration was doing a poor job. I recognize that Biden was out there helping other people, and I voted for Harris. But we need to focus on policies that help EVERYONE because whatever he was doing to "lower drug prices" never made it to my household.

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