The Biden administration is leaning into a new attack on congressional Republicans, suggesting that the GOP is colluding with 'Big Pharma' to keep medical prices elevated for middle-class and elderly Americans.
The Biden administration is leaning into a new attack on congressional Republicans, suggesting that the GOP is colluding with"Big Pharma" to keep medical prices elevated for middle-class and elderly Americans.
In the memo itself, obtained by the Washington Examiner ahead of its release Wednesday morning, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates cites a recent report from the Washington Post to claim that"Congressional Republicans are working in tandem with Big Pharma in a frenzied attempt to ensure older Americans 'never see cheaper pharmacy bills.'
"Last week, the Republican Study Committee, which represents over ¾ of the House Republican Conference, went on record with a plan that would not only ban Medicare from negotiating lower drug costs, but would raise Medicare premiums for many seniors while raising the retirement age for Social Security and cutting Social Security disability benefits," he continues.
"There couldn’t be a sharper difference between this and the President, who’s working every day to invest in America and make growing the middle class our top economic priority. That includes by protecting the Medicare and Social Security benefits Americans pay to earn, and that Speaker McCarthy recently complained the President forced out of budget negotiations," the memo concludes.
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