LET’S LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT
ALREADY UNDERWAY IN THE ROSE
GARDEN.
>> FOR HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF
SENIORS ENROLLED IN MEDICARE
THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
PARTICIPATING PLANS WILL CAP
COSTS AT JUST $35 A MONTH PER
TYPE OF INSULIN AND SOME PLANS
MAY OFFER IT FREE.
SO FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS GETTING
RIPPED OFF AND PAYING TREMENDOUS
PRICES, SENIOR CITIZENS, AND
SEMA, I WANT TO THANK YOU, YOU
BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION
LONG TIME AGO, YOU WORKED VERY
HARD ON THIS DAY, AND THE PRESS
WON’T EVEN COVER IT BUT THEY
WILL COVER THINGS THAT ARE
UNIMPORTANT BUT THIS IS A BIG
DAY FOR SENIORS.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAVING AND
IT ALLOWS PEOPLE, IF YOU DON’T
TAKE INSULIN, I JUST WROTE THIS
DOWN, GO BLIND, STROKE,
AMPUTATION, KIDNEY FAILURE, AND
OTHER THINGS.
SO WE’RE GETTING IT OUT, $35 PER
MONTH IT WOULD BE 50, 150, TO
$200 A MONTH.
A MASSIVE CUT.
60 TO 70%.
NOBODY SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS
FOR A LONG TIME.
SLEEPY JOE CAN’T DO THIS, IN
FACT I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS HIS
PROBLEM WITH OBAMACARE THAT
CAUSED PART OF YOUR PROBLEM.
THIS WILL SAVE IMPACTED
AMERICANS AN AVERAGE OF MINIMUM,
$446 JUST ON INSULIN COST AS
YEAR.
WE’RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND
SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK SEMA AGAIN,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOR THE JOB
YOU’VE DONE HELPING ACHIEVE THE
INCREDIBLE VICTORY FOR MEDICARE
PATIENTS NATIONWIDE.
IN THE PAST OBAMACARE PREVENTED
INSURANCE PROVIDERS FROM
COMPETING TO OFFER LOWER COSTS
FOR SENIORS.
IT WAS NO COMPETITION.
THERE WAS NO ANYTHING.
THEY RAN AWAY WITH WHAT TOOK
PLACE AND SENIORS WERE HORRIBLY
HURT.
MANY PEOPLE COULDN’T TAKE
INSULIN.
THEY COULDN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT
IT.
AS A RESULT MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES WITH PRESCRIPTION
DRUG COVERAGE PAID AN AVERAGE OF
$675 FOR A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF
INSULIN AND SOMETIMES AS HIGH AS
$1500, HARMFUL LAWS ALSO MEANT
THAT SENIORS OFTEN PAID A
DIFFERENT AMOUNT ALMOST EVERY
SINGLE MONTH.
THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE
PAYING THEY WERE BILLED.
EVERY MONTH THEY WERE BILLED A
DIFFERENT AMOUNT T WAS A MASSIVE
AMOUNT.
ONE IN EVERY THREE SENIORS ON
MEDICARE ARE ON DIABETES.
3.3 MILLION USE AT LEAST ONE
TYPE OF INSULIN.
OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THESE
SENIORS SEEN THEIR OUT-OF-POCKET
COSTS FOR THIS LIFE SAVING
TREATMENT ALMOST DOUBLE.
I DON’T USE INSULIN, SHOULD I
BE?
HUH?
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I KNOW
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY BADLY
AFFECTED, RIGHT?
UNBELIEVABLE.
THAT IS WHY MY AT ADMINISTRATION
ACTED DECISIVELY.
WE SLASHED OBAMA CARE’S
CRIPPLING REQUIREMENTS AND
OPENED UP COMPETITION LIKE THEY
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN COMPETITION
LIKE THIS, BETWEEN TRANSPARENCY
AND ALL OTHER THINGS WE’RE
DOING, NOBODY EVER HAD A
COMPETITIVE SITUATION MIKE WE’VE
DONE IT.
PRICES WILL COME TUMBLING DOWN.
WE BROUGHT ALL PARTIES TO THE
TABLES, INSURERS, MANUFACTURERS,
OTHER KEY PLAYERS AND REACHED AN
AGREEMENT TO DELIVER INSULIN AT
STABLE AND DRASTICALLY LOW
OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR OUR
SENIORS.
I HOPE THE SENIORS ARE GOING TO
REMEMBER IT.
BIDEN IS THE ONE THAT PUT US
INTO THE JAM BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
THEY WERE INCOMPETENT.
SOON NEARLY HALF OF ALL ELIGIBLE
PART D AND MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS WILL
OFFER THIS LOW COST OPTION AND
WHEN YOU SAY LOW COST, YOU’RE
REALLY TALKING LOW COST.
GIVING SENIORS THE FREEDOM OF
CHOICE TO PICK THE PLAN THAT’S
RIGHT FOR THEM.
NOTHING WILL EVER STOP ME FROM
FULFILLING MY SOLEMN DUTY TO
AMERICA’S SENIORS.
I WILL USE EVERY POWER AT MY
DISPOSAL TO LOW ARE DRUG PRICES
AND MY ADMINISTRATION WILL
ALWAYS PROTECT MEDICARE AND
SOCIAL SECURITY.
AND BY THE WAY, PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS.
AND WE GOT RID OF THE INDIVIDUAL
MANDATE WHICH IS A DISASTER.
THE WORST PART OF OBAMACARE WAS
THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.
WHEN WE GOT RID OF THE
INDIVIDUAL MANDATE, ESSENTIALLY
WE GOT RID OF OBAMACARE IF YOU
WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
YOU CAN SAY THAT IN THE TRUEST
FORM.
BUT WE GOT RID OF A HORRIBLE,
HORRIBLE, CONDITION CALLED THE
INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.
WE’LL ALWAYS PROTECT YOU ON
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, MUCH MORE SO THAN THE DEMOCRATS.
MORE SO THAN THE DEMOCRATS.
HERE WITH US TODAY, IS.BRUCE
BRUSSARD PRESIDENT AFTER BIG,
POWERFUL MT. OF HEALTH CARE
COMPANY HUMANA.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BRUCE COME
UP SAY A FEW WORDS.