Washington Today (8-29-23): Ten prescription drugs selected for Medicare Part D price negotiation

President Joe Biden announces the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to Medicare price negotiation, including blood thinner Eliquis and diabetes treatment Jardiance. It's part of last year's Inflation Reduction Act designed to reducing the costs of these drugs for millions of seniors. We will hear from President Biden, Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence, and talk about it with Washington Post health care reporter Amy Goldstein. (5) AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, ahead of Monday's Labor Day, gives a 'state of the unions' address, touting that their polling shows two-thirds of Americans support unions, and that rises to near 90 percent for those under age 30. Hurricane Idalia strengthens to a powerful Category 3, on a path to hit Florida's Big Bend. Gov. Ron DeSantis talks about state government preparations and says, “I encourage Floridians to have a plan in place and ensure that their hurricane supply kit is stocked". We also get an update from FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. The families of the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in a terrorist attack in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan two years ago this week testify before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, saying there should be high level accountability in the U.S. government and military. President Biden meets the President of Costa Rica at the White House, discussing immigration. And Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo continues her trip to China. Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ #cspan