The pair announced a effort to drive down Medicare pricing for 10 widely used drugs…
The announcement was met with Glee from the crowd….
Any cut in drug prices WILL save millions of Americans Money….
Joe Biden had a Good time ….
So did Kamala Harris ….
Biden and Harris announced agreements on lower drug costs for the first 10 medications selected under a Medicare price negotiation program, including those that treat diabetes, blood clots, heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis and blood cancers.
“As vice president — together with Joe Biden, our president — we’ve finally addressed the long-standing issue that for years was one of the biggest challenges on this subject, which is that Medicare was prohibited by law from negotiating lower drug prices, and that cost was passed on to our seniors,” Harris said. “But not anymore.”
The appearance was billed as an official White House policy event, but it had clear political implications, and Biden leaned into them from the first minute of his remarks. “Folks, I have an incredible partner in the progress we’ve made,” he said, adding, “She’s going to make one hell of a president.”
Harris, for her part, spent much of her speech heaping praise on Biden and his leadership. “I can speak all afternoon about the person that I am standing on the stage with,” she said. “There’s a lot of love in this room for our president, and I think it’s for many, many reasons.”
As the crowd chanted, “Thank you, Joe,” the president brought his hand to his chest and nodded…..
image…President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris take the stage before delivering remarks on Medicare drug price negotiations at an event in Largo, Md., on Thursday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)