Medicare

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the White House’s announcement that it has sent initial negotiation offers through Medicare for the first 10 prescription drugs, selected last August, that are subject to price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Pharmaceutical companies…

Bill Aligns Medicare Payments for EMS Providers with Community Needs, Ensures EMS Can Provide Essential Medical Care to Rural Communities BETHEL, VT – On January 5, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined EMS providers at White River Valley Ambulance to tour the facility and discuss the…

WASHINGTON - Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) as well as Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.),…

Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price negotiations are a longtime legislative priority of Sen. Welch WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Families USA and Patients for Affordable Drugs for a virtual press conference celebrating the White House’s recent announcement of the first ten…

BURLINGTON, VT – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s announcement of the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiation thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and provisions Senator Welch championed in…