SENATOR BRAUN’S WEEKLY UPDATE

March 31 – April 5

With March’s Jobs Report showing the longest streak of consecutive American jobs growth on record due to President Trump’s pro-business tax cuts and regulatory agenda, this week Senator Braun continued the fight to bring Hoosiers another big win: lowering prescription drug prices. 

Senator Braun joined Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power with David Westin to discuss the status of his plan to lower prescription drug costs through transparency and the state of the battle over healthcare in Washington. 

Senator Braun joined Abigail Robertson of CBN News to discuss the GOP’s path to repealing and replacing Obamacare, as well as how to get the healthcare industry onboard through price transparency to avoid government-run insurance for all.

Fox 55 WFFT in Fort Wayne investigated how the pharmaceutical industry in Indiana is responding to Senator Braun’s prescription drug price plan in a story on Wednesday.

WLKY Louisville‘s Mark Vanderhoff caught up with Senator Braun at Meyer Distributing in his hometown of Jasper to discuss what taking on the insurance industry in his business taught him about taking on healthcare in Congress.

“Braun said he has told medical industry officials they could end up with a universal Medicare program favored by many Democrats if they don’t improve pricing and transparency.

‘I tell ’em all the time: Get with it. We shouldn’t need to be legislating you into better performance. Start fixing some of this stuff yourself or you’re going to be in business with one partner – the federal government,’ he said.

By way of example, Braun noted that a prescription for a certain drug costs $10 at one provider in his hometown of Jasper and $34.50 at another.

‘There is nothing like that throughout the rest of our economy where there is that much difference for the same thing,’ he said.”

Full story by Brian Francisco

Senator Braun joined the Pat Miller program with guest host Marlin Stutzman on WOWO Fort Wayne to discuss the fight for healthcare reform in Washington.

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