Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. | Official U.S. House headshot
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. | Official U.S. House headshot
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement ton June 6 in reaction to Merck’s lawsuit to block the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors:
“This lawsuit is outrageous. Empowering Medicare to negotiate fair prescription drug prices for seniors is not only plainly constitutional, but it’s also necessary if life-saving drugs are to continue to be available to all Americans. People just can’t afford their medications and increasingly go without them.
“The only rights that are being violated here are those of the American people who have been getting ripped off by Big Pharma companies like Merck for years.
“Thankfully, Big Pharma’s ability to extort seniors on drug prices is coming to an end. I’m incredibly proud of our work to stand up for consumers by passing drug price negotiation and I’m confident the law will withstand this ridiculous lawsuit by Merck.”
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