Month: September 2023

For far too long, Americans have paid more for prescription drugs than any major economy. And while the pharmaceutical industry makes record profits, millions of Americans are forced to choose between paying for medications they need to live or paying for food, rent, and other basic necessities. Those days are ending. Today, my Administration announced […]

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This action is on top of progress previously made in reducing the cost of insulin to $35 a month for people with Medicare For far too long, Americans have paid more for prescriptions drugs than any major economy. But now, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare can directly negotiate prescription drug prices to get […]

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East Room (August 28, 2023) 6:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please have a seat. Judge, what’s the dog’s name? JUDGE TATEL: Vixen. THE PRESIDENT: Vixen? Well, I tell you what, I got a German Shepherd upstairs. His name is Commander. They’d get along well. (Laughter.) […]

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East Room 2:18 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everyone.  (Applause.) Good afternoon.  Please have a seat.  Good afternoon.  It’s a room full of leaders.  Well, thank you, everyone, for being here and for all the work that you have done leading up to today. I want to thank, of course, our nation’s champion, […]

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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:03 P.M. EDT Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon.  Oh, it’s usually very quiet in here.  You guys are, like, chatting about. Okay.  So, good afternoon.  As you know, we have two — two guests today.  Neera Tanden is here, and we’ll have the — the FEMA Administrator […]

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