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Push for cost controls of ‘wildly overpriced’ Rx drugs
Clip: 10/22/2021 | 4mVideo has Closed Captions
One in five NJ residents avoid filling unaffordable prescriptions
Advocates of price controls back a measure in President Joe Biden's “Build Back Better” proposal that would let Medicare negotiate the cost of prescription medicines for Americans, who pay four times as much for prescription drugs as people in other countries. They’re pushing Sen. Bob Menendez to support the proposal.
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NJ Spotlight News
Push for cost controls of ‘wildly overpriced’ Rx drugs
Clip: 10/22/2021 | 4mVideo has Closed Captions
Advocates of price controls back a measure in President Joe Biden's “Build Back Better” proposal that would let Medicare negotiate the cost of prescription medicines for Americans, who pay four times as much for prescription drugs as people in other countries. They’re pushing Sen. Bob Menendez to support the proposal.
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