Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Kamala Harris outlined her priorities to lower health care costs and improve care for American families. Specifically, Kamala Harris wants to build on the success of the Inflation Reduction Act and extend its prescription drug savings to everyone, including capping insulin costs at $35 per month and limiting total out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 per year. Harris wants to accelerate Medicare negotiations to lower costs for even more drugs and make the tax credits that are helping people afford their coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permanent. Her plan also includes canceling medical debt for millions of families and building on her work to combat the nation’s maternal mortality crisis. In response, Protect Our Care Executive Director Brad Woodhouse issued the following statement:
“The proposals laid out by Kamala Harris are commonsense measures to lower costs and give the middle class more room to breathe. These policies are widely popular and they will make a real difference for people across America. Vice President Harris is fighting to make sure that working families have access to affordable health care, but Donald Trump wants to go backwards and hike costs on the middle class to pay for more tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Donald Trump and his MAGA allies have vowed to repeal the ACA and Inflation Reduction Act, slash Medicaid and Medicare funding, take away protections for pre-existing conditions, and raise prescription drug and premium costs. The MAGA agenda will strip millions of their health care and raise costs across the board.
“It’s plain and simple, while Kamala Harris is fighting for hardworking families, Donald Trump is fighting for executives on Wall Street. When it comes to the future of health care, the stakes could not be higher.”