On Aug. 23, U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman Kim Schrier celebrated the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at the Swedish Issaquah Campus.
The IRA is being touted as a policy solution that will reduce prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs, capping Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket prescription drugs costs and extending health care tax credits included in the American Rescue Plan.
Cathleen MacCaul, advocacy director for AARP Washington, spoke at the event in support of the Inflammation Reduction Act. She said many local AARP members have mentioned the burdensome cost of expensive prescription drugs, sometimes costing over $6,000 a year for some
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