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“Sen. Bernie Sanders has long made no secret that he thinks drug companies and health insurers are ripping off Americans.”

Drug Companies Brace for Chairman Bernie

Axios | Peter Sullivan | January 30, 2023

“Americans are charged the highest drug prices in the world. U.S. drug companies feed off taxpayer subsidies yet are under no reasonable price controls even for those new drugs they get free from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).”

Time for a Showdown with Big Pharma: Chairman Sanders vs. Sky-High Drug Prices

Common Dreams | Ralph Nader | January 28, 2023

“The researchers found that the Medicare drug negotiation provision would have saved the U.S. $26.5 billion, or 5% of all drug spending, during [2018-2020].”

Medicare Negotiating Drug Prices Will Likely Save the U.S. Billions, Study Says

NBC News | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | January 27, 2023

“…the industry girds for a final regulation that could order health plans to return hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars or more in overcharges to the Treasury Department — payments dating back a decade or more.”

Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?

Kaiser Health News | Fred Schulte | January 27, 2023

“Requiring hospital staff to invest more time in getting prior authorizations approved and fighting denials is not the only way Medicare Advantage plans are negatively impacting hospitals’ bottom lines. Reduced reimbursement compared to traditional Medicare is also wreaking havoc on revenues.”

Hidden Costs of Medicare Advantage May Affect Everyone: Part 3

Murray Ledger | Jessica Jones Paine | January 26, 2023

“New polling shows that 70% of Americans oppose Congress reducing spending on Social Security and Medicare – and just 22% of Republicans support the idea.”

NEW POLL: 70% of Americans Oppose GOP Plans to Cut Medicare, Social Security

Democrats.org | January 26, 2023

“There was this moment with the pandemic in which we recognized that it was really important for everybody to have access to care. And we’ve somehow changed our minds about that.”