{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://delbene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3937", "Democrats\u2019 Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Will Save Seniors $1.5 Billion, Taxpayers $6 Billion in First Year", "2024-08-15", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Suzan K. DelBene", "D000617", "delbene.house.gov", "delbene", "https://delbene.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) celebrated the historic announcement from the Biden-Harris Administration around Medicare\u2019s first-ever drug price negotiations made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act. These negotiations will lower prices on 10 of the most expensive and frequently used drugs in the Medicare program.\n\nThese negotiated prices will save Medicare beneficiaries an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs and taxpayers will save $6 billion in Medicare spending in the first year alone. The reduced prices will take effect on January 1, 2026.\n\nNearly nine million Medicare beneficiaries currently use at least one of the 10 drugs selected for negotiation. This includes more than 144,000 Medicare enrollees in Washington who take one or more of the drugs covered by the price agreements, including 84,000+ who take the cardiovascular drugs Eliquis or Xarelto to prevent blood clots, the 40,000+ who take Jardiance, Januvia, or Farxiga for Type 2 Diabetes, and the nearly 6,000 who take Entresto to treat heart failure or other cardiovascular conditions.\n\n\u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act empowers Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time, a historic step in making health care more affordable and accessible,\u201d said DelBene. \u201cThanks to Democrats in Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration, millions of Medicare beneficiaries, including over 144,000 in Washington, will soon see lower costs at the pharmacy counter. These savings will make a real difference in the lives of those who rely on these medications to stay healthy. But our work is far from over. We will continue building on this program and make these benefits available to every American in need.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://delbene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3937"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7875482551753521, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}