Biden, Bernie Sanders make stop in New Hampshire to highlight lower prescription drug costs – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday highlighted prescription drug savings for seniors as he looked to cement his legacy with the race to replace him just two weeks away. Biden also jabbed Republican nominee for President Donald Trump and his policy proposals: “He has no concept of anything. No plan.”

Joining the event in New Hampshire’s capital was Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the last candidate Biden beat to win the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. They appeared together at Concord Community College to trumpet a new report by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that almost 1.5 million Medicare enrollees saved nearly $1 billion on prescription drugs during the first half of the year.

Much of those savings came as a result of a cap on out-of-pocket drug costs created by the sweeping climate and health care lawthat the Biden administration helped carry through Congress in 2022. It put an annual maximum …