
Biden on drug costs: ‘Even if you think this doesn’t affect you, it does’
President Biden on Monday discussed the burden of prescription drug prices in America, and how his House-passed Build Back Better bill aims to ease some of those tensions.
“It will not surprise you to know that we pay the highest prescription drug prices of any developed nation in the world,” the president lamented. “Even if you think this doesn’t affect you, it does. Everyone has less money in their pockets because high drug costs make health insurance more expensive for everyone.”
“Prescription drugs are outrageously expensive in this country,” Biden went on, “doesn’t need to be that way.” And “under my Build Back Better bill … it won’t be the same way.”
‘Prescription drugs are outrageously expensive in this country, doesn’t need to be that way’ — People in the U.S. pay 2 to 3x more for prescription drugs than other developed countries, Pres. Biden said pic.twitter.com/T2opuFfnZF
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The president then discussed, as an example, how his legislation will impact insulin prices and “lower the cost of families dealing with diabetes.”
A study found Americans pay 10x more for insulin than people in other countries — Pres. Biden said the price increases are about ‘nobody standing up for the patients’ pic.twitter.com/UgLXWlyhQG
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Biden concluded by explaining that the cost of prescription drugs is “not a partisan issue,” because diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cancer, or any other disease “don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican.”
Pres. Biden on the need for lower prescription drug prices: ‘This is not a partisan issue. Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cancer … don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican’ pic.twitter.com/H4OALWAIQ4
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 6, 2021
Watch his full remarks below:
WATCH NOW: Pres. Biden discusses how the Build Back Better Act will lower the costs of prescription drugs for millions of Americans https://t.co/oXTyVGFwzn
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 6, 2021
President Biden on Monday discussed the burden of prescription drug prices in America, and how his House-passed Build Back Better bill aims to ease some of those tensions. “It will not surprise you to know that we pay the highest prescription drug prices of any developed nation in the world,” the president lamented. “Even if…
President Biden on Monday discussed the burden of prescription drug prices in America, and how his House-passed Build Back Better bill aims to ease some of those tensions. “It will not surprise you to know that we pay the highest prescription drug prices of any developed nation in the world,” the president lamented. “Even if…