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Issue

Prescription Drug Prices

6
tracked promises
50%
of scored promises kept
6
stated positions
6/0
declared / inferred
6
officials on record

Officials on Prescription Drug Prices

Officials on this issue
DTina Smith1100%1
RChuck Grassley10%1
DRuben Gallego11
DJohn W. Hickenlooper11
DElissa Slotkin11
DAngie Craig11

Positions on record

  • Tina SmithStated position

    Promised at the start of her Senate term to work to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for Minnesotans, an ongoing commitment reflected in legislation to increase drug-price transparency and let Medicare negotiate prices.

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  • John W. HickenlooperStated position

    Pledged to lower drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.

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  • Angie CraigStated position

    Lower prescription drug prices by expanding Medicare's drug-price negotiation to Americans with private insurance, increasing the number of negotiated drugs from 20 to 50 per year, and capping price increases at the rate of inflation (Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act).

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  • Ruben GallegoStated position

    Pass the Capping Prescription Costs Act to cap annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families with private insurance.

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  • Elissa SlotkinStated position

    Slotkin helped introduce the Lower Drug Costs for Families Act, which she says would hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for price hikes and lower prescription drug costs.

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  • Chuck GrassleyStated position

    Committed to passing his bipartisan, negotiated Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) as a standalone bill to lower prescription drug costs.

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