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Commentary: The Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price negotiation will save taxpayers billions

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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President Biden says that the ability to afford needed medicines is about dignity, hope, and fairness, points out Melissa Herd, the Region 3 director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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