Support the expansion of Medicare's ability to negotiate the prices of more prescription drugs more quickly.

plans for expanding future drug price negotiations, including by enabling Medicare to negotiate the prices of more drugs more quickly

Cortez Masto announced a commitment to support expanded Medicare negotiation powers for more prescription drugs at a faster pace.

Cortez Masto, Wyden, Colleagues Announce Plans for Expanding Future Drug Price Negotiations, Denounce Trump’s Failure to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
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Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Ron Wyden, Peter Welch, and Ruben Gallego announced a Democratic plan for lowering prescription drug costs, including by enabling Medicare to negotiate the prices of more drugs more quickly.

Most recent direct statement located from Cortez Masto explicitly endorsing faster, broader Medicare drug-price negotiation.

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Cortez Masto, Wyden, Colleagues Announce Plans for Expanding Future Drug Price Negotiations, Denounce Trump’s Failure to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
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Cortez Masto, Klobuchar, and Welch introduced the SMART Prices Act, which would expand Medicare negotiation of drug prices, more than double the number of prescription drugs Medicare must negotiate to a minimum of 50 per year, and allow negotiation five years after FDA approval for the costliest drugs and biologics.

Concrete legislative action supporting the claim, but it is introduction rather than enacted policy.

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Cortez Masto, Klobuchar, Welch Push to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans
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