“Committed to keep working to lower health care and prescription drug prices for Michigan families and seniors.”
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Independent re-check confirms every cited source is real, live, and accurately quoted. This is an ongoing 'keep working' pledge, and Peters demonstrably led rather than merely voting: (1) He introduced Medicare Part B inflation-rebate provisions; the Senate Finance Committee approved provisions 'based on his legislation' (2019), and that mechanism was enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act (Part B inflation rebates began April 1, 2023, confirmed by CMS/ASPE). (2) He voted for the IRA on Aug 7, 2022 (51-50, all Democrats in favor), which lets Medicare negotiate drug prices, caps insulin at $35/month and out-of-pocket costs at $2,000 for Medicare beneficiaries. (3) He cosponsored the Medicare price-negotiation bill, the REMEDY Act, and the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act. (4) As HSGAC Ranking Member he opened an investigation into rising drug costs and released a report with recommendations. This is active leadership with real enactment on the promise's exact direction. FULL is not warranted because the pledge is an ongoing commitment, not a discrete 100%-completable task; CHAMPIONED is the fair label and would apply identically to a member of either party with this authored-provision-plus-enactment record.
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