[Pacg] Action Alert - Ask Senators to Support bill to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices

[Carolina 1961]

Next week, the Senate is expected to vote on a bill to empower Medicare to
negotiate for lower drug prices. *Your Senators need to hear from you
immediately*, so that we can overcome the pressure from the pharmaceutical
lobby to kill this bill.  Allowing price negotiations is expected to save
$30 billion dollars a year.

The House has already passed this bill and 85% of the public think that
Medicare should negotiate for lower prices.

There is a massive lobbying campaign to kill this legislation.  The
Pharmaceutical Companies have flooded Washington with $155 million and an
army of over 1,000 lobbyists.  Conservatives have threatened to filibuster
any legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and 60 votes are
needed to guarantee passage.

*Please contact your Senators and tell them to empower Medicare to negotiate
for lower drug prices!*

 *Call Congress, toll-free: 1-800-828-0498*
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