Top Biden official joins Welch in Rutland to talk prescription drug and opioids
Making your medication cheaper and battling addiction-- that was the focus of top Biden administration officials who visited Rutland Monday.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra highlighted last fall’s Inflation Reduction Act along with now-U.S. Sen. Peter Welch.
“The federal government has never been there to advocate for consumers against price gouging,” said Welch, D-Vermont.
The law, in part, allows the feds to negotiate directly with drug manufacturers, a move they say will bring down the price of your medication. It also caps the price of insulin at $35 a month.
“Why is it that made-in-America drugs cost made-in-America Americans more money than they cost in France, England, Italy, Japan? Why do we have to pay a better price?” Becerra said.