Patients like me are asking the Senate to pass a reconciliation bill that includes the comprehensive drug-pricing reforms passed by the House. These provisions allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and implement other reforms that will meaningfully lower prices for patients.
If passed, this drug-pricing legislation would be historic for patients — it would, for the first time, allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices for some of the most expensive prescription drugs; institute a cap on out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries; cap copays on insulin for patients on Medicare and most commercial insurance plans; and limit annual price increases to stop price gouging by drug corporations, a move that will help every American.
I believe that Sens. Thomas R. Carper and Christopher A. Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, all D-Del., want patients like me to be able to afford the medications I need. We need this Congress to urgently pass a reconciliation package with comprehensive drug-pricing reforms to lower drug prices now.
Al Liebeskind
Millsboro
