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Biden Teams Up With Bernie Sanders to Promote Lower Health Care Costs

‘Finally, we beat Big Pharma,’ President Biden said.
Biden Teams Up With Bernie Sanders to Promote Lower Health Care Costs
(L-R) President Joe Biden gestures as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) looks on during an event about lowering healthcare costs in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden held a White House meeting on Wednesday to highlight his administration’s continued fight against Big Pharma and efforts to lower prescription drug costs.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), his one-time 2020 Democratic primary opponent, joined President Biden to highlight his efforts to cut healthcare costs—particularly his recent steps to lower the cost of inhalers.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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