Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) took a number of questions from the press on Tuesday afternoon concerning the Capping Prescription Price Act (US S4671). Launched final yr, Warnock, together with a number of senators, together with Amy Klobuchar, Bob Casey, Kirsten Gillibrand, and John Fetterman, says decreasing the price of pharmaceuticals needs to be a precedence irrespective of who’s within the White Home.
“This shouldn’t be a partisan problem,” he stated throughout the digital press convention. “It is a ethical problem that transcends politics.”
The Capping Prescription Prices Act would cap annual out-of-pocket prescription drug prices per yr at $2,000 for people and $4,000 for households, in line with a launch from Warnock’s workplace.
Warnock went on to say that the rising value of prescription drugs doesn’t have a specific racial or regional demographic it hurts essentially the most. It’s an American problem.
“This isn’t a blue state drawback or a crimson state drawback,” he stated.
Requested by The Atlanta Voice if he believes the invoice might be broadly supported in Congress, Warnock stated he’d moderately focus extra on the invoice and fewer on how different members of Congress really feel concerning the invoice.
“Fairly often the proper factor to do can also be the good factor to do,” he stated.
Warnock stated the invoice, which is able to consider each group well being plans and personal plans, will “heart bizarre individuals and hard-working households.”
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