Medicare's drug-price negotiations will save the government billions in healthcare spending — but patients may not feel the benefits

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When the plan is implemented, prices on negotiated drugs will decrease for up to 9 million seniors, the Biden administration says.

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Florida Democrats just landed one of their top recruits to take on Rick Scott, but it still might not be enough to win

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Former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

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The White House blasts Republicans' budget plans, saying they want to slash Social Security and Medicare and 'force seniors to pay even higher drug costs so Big Pharma can fill more swimming pools with caviar and diamonds'

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Ron DeSantis is eyeing cutting Social Security for people 'in their 30s and 40s' — but 'totally not' for seniors

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

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Social Security recipients could face 'a rapid increase of wait times' to receive benefits if Congress fails to increase funding for the program, according to the union representing its workers

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California .

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Medicare is barred from paying for weight-loss drugs like Wegovy. Lawmakers just took the first step to change that.

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Medicare is prohibited from covering weight-loss drugs — Ozempic could change that

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Semaglutide is a weekly injection that mimics a hunger-regulating hormone in the body.

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Biden will threaten Social Security and Medicare and 'bumble into the first default in our nation's history' if he doesn't negotiate raising the debt ceiling with Republicans, Kevin McCarthy says

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds the speaker's gavel high after winning election as speaker of the House early Saturday morning.

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Trump-aligned PAC rolls out Ron DeSantis 'Pudding Fingers' ad, mocking his rumored eating habits and hitting him on Medicare and Social Security

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A man sticking three fingers in his mouth to eat pudding, taken from an attack ad against Ron DeSantis put out by the Make America Great Again PAC.

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Lower income Americans are the group most likely to think they should be taxed more

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President Biden announced a proposal last month to fund Medicare by raising taxes on people making over $400,000.

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