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when it was passed, did not say anything about the drug prices hornet medicare negotiations. even in the final few years of office, obama said he wanted to do it, but could not get it done. even republican donald trump in 2016 on the campaign trail made this promise. medicare. with the biggest drug buyer in the world, we buy drugs. to make people better, all of that is fun. we don t negotiate the price of the drugs. when it comes time to negotiate the cost of drugs, we re going to negotiate like crazy, folks. and president, he did not do it. it joe biden, it took the inflation reduction act, to do something as necessary and popular as this. it s got massive public support. one poll from 2021 found 83% of americans backing medicare negotiations and drug prices, including 71% of republicans. of course, let s also be clear that for now, unknowingly, it is only ten drugs. the new lower prices frustratingly will not kagan until 2026.
direct negotiations between medicare and the pharmaceutical injury. it s a policy move decades in the making that into his overwhelming public support. we will explain more about how it all works in a moment. first, jessica layton is here with some more headlines. hello, jess. hello, mehdi. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency ahead of tropical storm adalja. that storm is forecasted to make landfall. it s a category two hurricane later this week. it could hit the big bend region of the florida panhandle. residents have been warned to take necessary precautions. u.s. officials have said that three marines were killed within a multi nation training exercise off of australia s northern coast. the marines were on board an aircraft when it crashed into an island. five others taken to a hospital, and they are in serious condition right now. russian officials say that
done. even republican donald trump in 2016 on the campaign trail made this promise. medicare. with the biggest drug buyer in the world, we buy drugs. to make people better, all of that is fun. we don t negotiate the price of the drugs. when it comes time to negotiate the cost of drugs, we re going to negotiate like crazy, folks. and president, he did not do it. it joe biden, it took the inflation reduction act, to do something as necessary and popular as this. it s got massive public support. one poll from 2021 found 83% of americans backing medicare negotiations and drug prices, including 71% of republicans. of course, let s also be clear that for now, unknowingly, it is only ten drugs. the new lower prices frustratingly will not kagan until 2026. seniors will have to wait three more years, and joe biden will
administration will finally reveal the first ten prescription drugs selected from medicare price negotiation. we are expecting that list to include some pretty expensive drugs commonly used to treat cancer, arthritis, diabetes. george they currently cost millions of seniors tens of thousands of dollars. the congressional budget office says that medicare portion get a price of drugs in the direct negotiation with big pharma could save the taxpayer almost 100 billion dollars over the next decade. it s hard to overstate just what a.b. fd this is, to borrow a line from president biden. it s a huge deal. in fact, it s something that democrats have tried and failed to do for the past 30 years. bill clinton tried back in 1983 when he was trying to overhaul the health care system. he could not do it. barack obama wanted to do it to, but the affordable care act when it was passed, did not say anything about the drug prices hornet medicare negotiations. even in the final few years of office, oba