“This was an unexpected victory in a long fight against an illegal cartel of three corporations who have raised their insulin prices in lockstep.”

The Biden Administration pleasantly stunned health care reform advocates Tuesday by including short-acting insulin in its list of 10 drugs for which Medicare will negotiate lower prices, power vested in the White House by the Inflation Reduction Act.

The IRA was passed in the face of one of the heftiest barrages of lobbying in congressional history, with the pharmaceutical industry spending more than $700 million over 2021 and 2022 — several times more than the second- and third-ranking industries — much of it aimed at stopping the legislation, watering it down, or undermining its implementation.

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    1 year ago

    That’s exactly what’s going to happen. This is being done so that Biden has something to talk about during his campaign stops. Very typical politician behavior. And completely insincere.

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      Biden Admin til now

      • 27% of campaign promises kept so far.
      • 5% comprised on.
      • 1% broken.
      • 31% stalled.
      • 34% in the works.

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      Previous Admin

      • 23% of campaign promises kept.
      • 22% comprised on.

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      So far the “something to talk about” has been better than the last admin though.