Biden, Sanders tout efforts to lower 'outrageous' prescription drug costs
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Policy Leaning Analysis
This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -16% Liberal:
- 1 positive sentiment for World Health Organization
- 1 positive sentiment for LGBTQ Equality
"April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to lower "outrageous" healthcare costs."
"During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as Inflation Reduction Act caps for Medicare patients that include $35 for insulin and brand-name out-of-pocket expenses below $2,000 a year."
Politician Portrayal Analysis:
This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 56% Negative and bias score of 10% Conservative:
3 negative sentiments and 4 positive sentiments for Bernie Sanders
""Biden is making his crackdown on corporate greed and relief for Americans' financial burdens a key part of his 2024 re-election campaign."
This is a negative sentiment.
"Much, much more needs to be done," the senator said, as Biden blamed Republicans for failing to support the Inflation Reduction Act."Not one Republican in the entire Congress -- it surprised me, I have to admit to you -- not one single Republican voted for it," Biden said."
This is a negative sentiment.
""Here is some good news, despite all of the incredible wealth and political power of the pharmaceutical industry ... despite all of that, the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are beginning to make some progress," Sanders said Wednesday.nn"
This is a positive sentiment.
""Here is some good news, despite all of the incredible wealth and political power of the pharmaceutical industry ... despite all of that, the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are beginning to make some progress," Sanders said Wednesday.nn"
This is a positive sentiment.
"Last year, Sanders criticized the administration for failing to tackle health care costs and even threatened to stall the confirmation of National Institutes of Health Director Monica Bertagnolli until the White House presented a strategy."
This is a negative sentiment.
"April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to lower "outrageous" healthcare costs.nn"
This is a positive sentiment.
"April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to lower "outrageous" healthcare costs.nn"
This is a positive sentiment.
"Sanders also noted that the cost of inhalers had recently been capped by three of the top four inhaler manufacturers to $35 a month, as he called out Teva Pharmaceuticals for holding out."
This is a negative sentiment.
"""When Big Pharma doesn't play by the rules, competitors can't offer lower prices for generic drugs and devices and carry that medication so prices are raised artificially," Biden added."
This is a negative sentiment.
""I thank Bernie for leading the charge to do something about this.""
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""My impression is that these companies, as well as many others in the pharmaceutical industry, are begiing to catch onto the fact that the American people are tired of being ripped off and paying astronomical prices for prescription drugs they need to stay alive or ease their pain," Sanders added."
This is a negative sentiment.
"During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as Inflation Reduction Act caps for Medicare patients that include $35 for insulin and brand-name out-of-pocket expenses below $2,000 a year.nn"
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"During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as Inflation Reduction Act caps for Medicare patients that include $35 for insulin and brand-name out-of-pocket expenses below $2,000 a year.nn"
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"We only have -- the law only required 10 now and then 15 and moves up," Biden said."
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Sentiments
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32% "Here is some good news, despite all of the incredible wealth and political power of the pharmaceutical industry ... despite all of that, the ..."
22% "April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to ..."
14% April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to ..."
14% April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to ..."
12% "I thank Bernie for leading the charge to do something about this.""
10% "During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as ..."
2% During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as ..."
2% During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as ..."
0% We only have -- the law only required 10 now and then 15 and moves up," Biden said.nn"
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61% : April 3 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., teamed up Wednesday at the White House to highlight their efforts to lower "outrageous" healthcare costs.55% : During the event, Biden and Sanders touted Medicare's new ability to negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, as well as Inflation Reduction Act caps for Medicare patients that include $35 for insulin and brand-name out-of-pocket expenses below $2,000 a year.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.