Tom Perez spoke with the AmNews about the Medicare Price Negotiation and the first 10 drugs to be selected for price negotiation.
to be selected for price negotiation. Perez who also serves as Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, previously served as a former Montgomery County, MD Council member and as Secretary of Labor under President Obama.AmNews: Please describe the Medicare price negotiation and the first 10 drugs selectedreleased the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation. In plain English here’s what’s been going on.
AmNews: Could you speak about the impact this will have on Black and Brown communities as well as individuals suffering from health disparities? Look at the disproportionate number of black people who have diabetes, who have kidney conditions, heart conditions, blood conditions, those disparities are real we have to address them. The reason this is a big deal for African Americans is because when you look at the 10 drugs that are the subject of negotiation, the first ten that have been chosen, they’re diabetes drugs, they’re drugs for heart conditions, for blood clots, drugs for kidney issues.
going to disproportionately help African Americans because African-Americans are disproportionately affected by the diseases that I just discussed and that’s why this is a big deal and this is a big day and it’s really important for us to get this word out. What does this mean for families that are secondarily impacted by their family member’s illness?
When you have to decide between food and medicine that’s a decision that nobody should ever have to make, yet that’s a decision that so many people are making across this country right now because the cost of their medication for diabetes or for their heart condition is so expensive and so this is about making life better for people, putting money in your pockets.
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