'Powerful interest groups out there don't want this legislation to succeed, so they're pouring dark money into efforts to stop it,' said one Democratic senator.
on the Senate floor earlier this week, noting that the 30-second spots led hundreds of constituents to call her office seeking an explanation.
"They were anxious and alarmed over a deliberately misleading ad that is running on TV, on Facebook, and via a text campaign," said Cortez Masto."In Reno this past weekend, Nevadans came up to me because they were concerned about these false accusations. This ad incorrectly claims that I support a bill that would strip $300 billion dollars from Medicare. This couldn't be further from the truth.
"Powerful interest groups out there don't want this legislation to succeed, so they're pouring dark money into efforts to stop it," the senator continued."Well, let me just say this: it won't work.
The precise impact of the legislation, KFF stressed, will depend on which prescription drugs Medicare chooses to negotiate. A separate KFF released last year found that a small number of drugs make up a major share of Medicare's prescription drug spending.Friday."We aim to pass reforms to lower Rx prices in the coming days and curb pharma's power to dictate prices to Americans. Let's see it through."
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