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By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters)-President Joe Biden on Thursday calledon U.S. lawmakers to enact legislation aimed at lowering drug prices, including allowing Medicare to ...

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But the outbreak of the highly contagious disease, which upended the economy and has so far killed more than 617,000 people in the <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/UBNK\">United</a> States, also drew renewed attention to healthcare costs.</p><p><blockquote>制药商因快速开发出针对新型冠状病毒的疫苗而赢得了高度赞誉。但这种高度传染性疾病的爆发扰乱了经济，迄今为止已导致超过617,000人死亡<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/UBNK\">团结的</a>各州也重新引起了人们对医疗费用的关注。</blockquote></p><p> Biden on Thursday lauded drugmakers for their life-saving work developing the COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p><blockquote>拜登周四赞扬制药商在开发COVID-19疫苗方面所做的挽救生命的工作。</blockquote></p><p> \"But we can make a distinction between developing these breakthroughs and jacking up prices on a range of medications for a range of everyday diseases and conditions,\" he said in remarks at the White House.</p><p><blockquote>他在白宫发表讲话时表示：“但我们可以区分开发这些突破和提高治疗一系列日常疾病和病症的一系列药物的价格。”</blockquote></p><p> Biden said U.S. prescription drug costs were higher than any other nation in the world by two to three times.</p><p><blockquote>拜登表示，美国的处方药成本比世界上任何其他国家都高出两到三倍。</blockquote></p><p> Drugmakers, reeling from reduced doctor visits and demand for some drugs amid the pandemic,raisedprices on more than 500 medicines, an analysis released in January showed.</p><p><blockquote>1月份发布的一项分析显示，制药商因疫情期间看医生人数减少和对某些药物的需求而感到震惊，提高了500多种药物的价格。</blockquote></p><p> After passing a $1.9 trillion coronavirus-related bill in March, Democrats adopted a two-pronged strategy - a $1 trillion hard infrastructure plan that passed the Senate this week and a forthcoming $3.5 trillion spending measure for so-called human infrastructure.</p><p><blockquote>在3月份通过了一项1.9万亿美元的冠状病毒相关法案后，民主党人采取了双管齐下的策略——本周在参议院通过的1万亿美元硬基础设施计划，以及即将出台的用于所谓人力基础设施的3.5万亿美元支出措施。</blockquote></p><p> That spending plan would expand Medicare to include dental, visionandhearing benefitsas well aslower the eligibility age, among other healthcare, climate and childcare provisions. More than 61.2 million people have coverage under the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/00867\">CMS</a>).</p><p><blockquote>该支出计划将扩大医疗保险范围，将牙科、视力和听力福利纳入其中，并降低资格年龄，以及其他医疗保健、气候和儿童保育条款。根据医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心的数据，超过6120万人享受了针对老年人和残疾人的医疗保险健康保险计划（<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/00867\">CMS</a>).</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/biden-urges-congress-to-lower-prescription-drug-costs-2021-08-12\">Nasdaq</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/biden-urges-congress-to-lower-prescription-drug-costs-2021-08-12","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1184306979","content_text":"By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey\nWASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters)-President Joe Biden on Thursday calledon U.S. lawmakers to enact legislation aimed at lowering drug prices, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and imposing penalties on drugmakers that hike prices faster than inflation.\nThe Democratic president's remarks laidout his vision to help reduce the costs for prescription medications as part oftheBuild Back Better agenda he is seeking to push through Congress as the nation continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.\nPharmaceutical manufacturers have earned high praise for quickly developing vaccines against the novel coronavirus. But the outbreak of the highly contagious disease, which upended the economy and has so far killed more than 617,000 people in the United States, also drew renewed attention to healthcare costs.\nBiden on Thursday lauded drugmakers for their life-saving work developing the COVID-19 vaccines.\n\"But we can make a distinction between developing these breakthroughs and jacking up prices on a range of medications for a range of everyday diseases and conditions,\" he said in remarks at the White House.\nBiden said U.S. prescription drug costs were higher than any other nation in the world by two to three times.\nDrugmakers, reeling from reduced doctor visits and demand for some drugs amid the pandemic,raisedprices on more than 500 medicines, an analysis released in January showed.\nAfter passing a $1.9 trillion coronavirus-related bill in March, Democrats adopted a two-pronged strategy - a $1 trillion hard infrastructure plan that passed the Senate this week and a forthcoming $3.5 trillion spending measure for so-called human infrastructure.\nThat spending plan would expand Medicare to include dental, visionandhearing benefitsas well aslower the eligibility age, among other healthcare, climate and childcare provisions. More than 61.2 million people have coverage under the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":26,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"isCrawlerRequest":true}