Social Security and Medicare

Medicare drug price negotiation

118 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: It affects how much seniors and taxpayers pay for common medicines, and how much drug makers earn, which can affect how much they spend developing new ones.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

The program, created by a 2022 law, that lets Medicare negotiate the prices it pays for some of the brand-name drugs it spends the most on.¹

Repeal or scale back negotiation
Keep the program as it is
Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Keep the program as it is (4)

Michael J. Quirk FL-17
His campaign website says he would defend Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices.²
Melissa L. Bean IL-8
Her campaign website says she will continue to allow Medicare to negotiate directly to lower prescription drug prices.³
Jamie Ager NC-11
His campaign website says he will defend Medicare's authority to negotiate drug prices and continue the caps on insulin and other essentials.⁴
Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
His campaign website says he is working to ensure that Medicare can continue to negotiate lower prescription drug costs.⁵

Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance (41)

Mike McGuire CA-1
His campaign's rural plan says he would defend and expand Medicare's power to negotiate lower drug prices, and protect Medicare's yearly out-of-pocket cap, insulin protections and no-cost vaccines.⁶
Eric Jones CA-4
His campaign website says he would expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices to every drug, not just a handful, and make generic prescription drugs free for everyone.^7,8,9
Connie Chan CA-11
Her campaign website says she would reinstate and expand the drug price negotiation begun under President Biden.¹⁰
Lateefah Simon CA-12
Her campaign website says she would expand Medicare drug price negotiation to cover all drugs.¹¹
Marni von Wilpert CA-48
Her campaign website says she would expand Medicare's power to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap what families pay out of pocket.¹²
John Hickenlooper CO Senate
His campaign website says he supports letting Medicare negotiate the prices of all drugs.¹³
Jessica Killin CO-5
Her campaign website says she would let Medicare negotiate lower prices for more prescription drugs.^14,15
Manny Rutinel CO-8
His campaign website says Medicare's power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices should be expanded.¹⁶
Luke Bronin CT-1
His campaign website objects that Medicare and Medicaid may negotiate prices on only a handful of drugs and says the government should negotiate down prescription drug prices.^17,18
Mike Sell FL-4
His campaign's platform says Medicare should negotiate the price of every covered drug, not a limited list.¹⁹
Victor Arias FL-19
A separate Victor Arias Explains guide says his published platform supports broadening Medicare's negotiation of drug prices and limiting what patients pay out of pocket for prescriptions.²⁰
Tony Kozycki GA-7
His campaign website says he supports expanding Medicare’s ability to negotiate prescription drug prices.²¹
Jonathan Chavez GA-13
His platform says he would expand Medicare drug price negotiation beyond the current 40 drugs to at least the 100 most-prescribed medications.²²
Shawn Harris GA-14
His campaign website says he would expand Medicare price negotiation opportunities to ensure the lowest possible drug costs.²³
Josh Turek IA Senate
His campaign website says he would defend and expand Medicare's power to negotiate lower drug prices.²⁴
Christina Bohannan IA-1
Her campaign website says she will expand the number of drugs for which Medicare can negotiate lower prices and extend those negotiated prices to Iowans on private insurance.²⁵
Lindsay James IA-2
Her campaign website says she will work to expand Medicare's ability to negotiate all drug prices.²⁶
Sarah Zabel ID-1
Her health care plan says she would increase the list of drugs subject to Medicare price negotiation.²⁷
Daniel Biss IL-9
His campaign website says he will expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices and strengthen and protect the program that lets Medicare negotiate lower prescription drug costs.^28,29
Eric Sorensen IL-17
His campaign website says he is working to lower prescription drug costs by protecting and expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate prescription drug prices.³⁰
Juliana Stratton IL Senate
Her campaign's affordability blueprint says she would expand Medicare's negotiations with drug companies to lower prescription drug costs.³¹
Adam Hamilton KS Senate
His campaign website says he would expand the number of drugs whose prices Medicare negotiates, speed up the process and extend the negotiated prices to private insurance plans.³²
Charles Booker KY Senate
His campaign website says he would make Medicare drug price negotiation permanent and expand it so all Kentuckians could pay the prices Medicare pays.^33,34
Richard E. Neal MA-1
His campaign website says he introduced the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act, which it says would expand the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate and give people with private insurance access to the negotiated prices.³⁵
Thomas Stalcup MA-4
His campaign website says he supports immediate, broad drug price negotiation without artificial limits on which drugs are included.³⁶
Dan Schwartz MD-1
His campaign website says he would increase the number of commonly used drugs covered by the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and speed up the program's timeline.³⁷
Adrian Boafo MD-5
His campaign website says he would expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices and extend those savings into the commercial market.³⁸
Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
His campaign website says he would expand Medicare drug price negotiation to every prescription drug, start negotiations sooner after drugs reach the market and extend the negotiated prices to all patients.³⁹
Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
Her campaign website says Medicare and Medicaid should negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs, not just a handful.⁴⁰
Matt Little MN-2
His campaign website says Medicare and Medicaid’s ability to negotiate lower prices should be expanded to most prescription medicines.^41,42
Ilhan Omar MN-5
It says she wants to build on the Inflation Reduction Act by letting Medicare negotiate the price of every drug.⁴³
Fred Wellman MO-2
His campaign website says Medicare should negotiate more drug prices, building on the program that already lowers prices for seniors.⁴⁴
Missi Hesketh MO-7
Her Healthcare page says she would widen Medicare’s power to negotiate prices to cover 50 drugs a year and extend the resulting lower prices to private insurance plans.⁴⁵
Seth Bodnar MT Senate
His campaign website says he would expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices and cap insulin and other lifesaving drugs at $35 a month for every Montanan, not just people on Medicare.⁴⁶
Sam Forstag MT-1
His campaign website says he would cut prescription drug costs by letting Medicare bargain directly over the price of every prescription drug.⁴⁷
Roy Cooper NC Senate
His campaign website says he would require Medicare to broaden its drug price negotiations to make more medicines affordable, and would cap yearly out-of-pocket prescription costs.⁴⁸
Cyril Jefferson NC-6
His campaign website says he wants to bring down prescription drug prices by giving Medicare more power to negotiate with drug companies.^49,50
Denise Powell NE-2
Her campaign website says she would push to have Medicare negotiate the prices of a larger number of prescription drugs.⁵¹
Mark Cohen NE-3
His campaign website says he supports significantly expanding Medicare's authority to negotiate prescription drug prices.⁵²
Zack Mullock NJ-2
The same page says he would let Medicare negotiate prices on more than the 10 to 15 products now handled each year.⁵³
Chris Henry OR Senate
His platform calls for negotiating prices on all prescription drugs, not just a select few.⁵⁴

Statements that don't match one option (73)

Andrew Sneed AL-5
His campaign website lists negotiating prescription drug costs among his health care priorities.⁵⁵
Terri Sewell AL-7
Her campaign website says she fought to cap insulin at $35 a month for seniors and supported letting Medicare negotiate lower drug prices.⁵⁶
Mike Thompson CA-4
His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act provision allowing the government to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.⁵⁷
Michael Masuda CA-5
His campaign website says he would continue efforts to lower prescription drug prices and cap prescription costs through Medicare price negotiation.^58,59
Doris Matsui CA-7
Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments helping pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says caps prescription drug costs for Medicare patients; an earlier issues page still on the site says the law lets Medicare negotiate lower prices for some prescription drugs.^60,61
John Garamendi CA-8
His campaign website says he supports letting Medicare negotiate drug prices directly and allowing imports of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries with strong safety standards.⁶²
Scott Wiener CA-11
His campaign website says he would cap insulin at $35 a month nationwide, crack down on pharmacy benefit managers and let Medicare negotiate drug prices directly.⁶³
Ro Khanna CA-17
His campaign website says Medicare should negotiate drug prices and tie them to what other countries pay, building on the negotiation the Inflation Reduction Act began.⁶⁴
Jim Costa CA-21
His campaign website lists among his accomplishments capping insulin at $35 a month for seniors, creating a $2,000 limit on out-of-pocket drug costs and allowing Medicare to lower prices for 10 major drugs.⁶⁵
Salud Carbajal CA-24
His campaign website says he has fought for bills that let Medicare negotiate directly with drug companies and cap out-of-pocket costs, and that the government should use its bargaining power to lower prescription prices.^66,67
Gil Cisneros CA-31
His campaign website says he will fight for direct government negotiation of drug prices to lower costs for all Americans.⁶⁸
Jimmy Gomez CA-34
His campaign website lists among his record helping pass the law that lets Medicare negotiate the prices of some drugs and capped insulin at $35 a month for Medicare beneficiaries.⁶⁹
Samantha Mota CA-37
Her campaign website lists drug price negotiation among the health care goals she will fight for.⁷⁰
Mike Levin CA-49
His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which lets Medicare negotiate lower prices with drug companies.^71,72
Scott Peters CA-50
His campaign website says his plan laid the groundwork for Medicare drug-price negotiation, $35 insulin and a cap on seniors' drug costs that became law in the Inflation Reduction Act, and that he wants to bring lower drug prices to more families.^73,74
Dwayne L. Romero CO-3
His campaign website calls for allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.⁷⁵
Brittany Pettersen CO-7
Her campaign website says she will fight to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.⁷⁶
Joe Courtney CT-2
His campaign website lists among his work helping pass a law that lets the federal government negotiate lower Medicare drug prices, caps out-of-pocket drug costs and limits annual price increases.⁷⁷
Rosa L. DeLauro CT-3
Her campaign website says she championed the Inflation Reduction Act, which gave Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices, capped insulin at $35 a month for seniors and limited seniors' yearly out-of-pocket drug costs.^78,79
Jim Himes CT-4
His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which lets Medicare negotiate drug costs and capped out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000 and insulin at $35.⁸⁰
Eric Yonce FL-6
His campaign website says he supports negotiating prescription drug prices.⁸¹
Bale Dalton FL-7
His campaign website says he supports negotiating drug prices in the United States, as other wealthy countries do.⁸²
James Pericola FL-11
His campaign website says he will push to let Medicare negotiate lower prescription drug costs for seniors.⁸³
Kimberly Overman FL-12
Her campaign platform says she supports Medicare drug price negotiation, letting Medicaid negotiate drug prices too, and caps on out-of-pocket drug costs.^84,85
Leela Gray FL-13
Her campaign website says Medicare's power to negotiate lower drug prices should be protected and out-of-pocket costs for essential medications capped.⁸⁶
Kelly Kirschner FL-16
His campaign website says he would allow the government to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices.^87,88
Alexander Cooke FL-21
His campaign website says he would let Medicare negotiate drug prices directly.⁸⁹
Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. GA-4
His campaign website says his vote for the Inflation Reduction Act empowers Medicare to negotiate drug prices, caps monthly insulin costs at $35 and limits out-of-pocket drug costs to $2,000 a year.⁹⁰
Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3
Her campaign website says she will fight for allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices to lower costs and give people more choices.⁹¹
Dave Dawson IA-4
His campaign website says he supports allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies and capping the cost of insulin and other lifesaving medications.⁹²
Emre Houser ID-2
His platform page says applying the drug prices that the Veterans Administration pays to Medicare and Medicaid would save an estimated $20 billion to $40 billion a year, and that drug price negotiation is a role for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.⁹³
Tripp Charles Hutchinson ID-2
His platform page lists Medicare drug negotiation among his commitments.⁹⁴
Patty Garcia IL-4
Her campaign website says she supports letting Medicare bargain for better prescription prices from pharmaceutical companies.⁹⁵
Mike Quigley IL-5
His campaign website says he has cosponsored legislation to allow price negotiation in the Medicare prescription drug program.⁹⁶
Sean Casten IL-6
His campaign website lists cosponsoring the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which it says would give Medicare the power to negotiate directly with drug companies.⁹⁷
Bill Foster IL-11
His campaign website says he was proud to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, which began negotiating lower drug prices.⁹⁸
Nikki Budzinski IL-13
Her campaign website says she is proud to support giving Medicare the ability to negotiate drug prices.⁹⁹
Lauren Underwood IL-14
Her campaign website says she voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says includes provisions finally allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug savings.¹⁰⁰
Frank J. Mrvan IN-1
His campaign website lists the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices directly for the first time, among his achievements.¹⁰¹
André Carson IN-7
His campaign website says he supports policies that allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.¹⁰²
Brad A. Meyer IN-9
His campaign website says he would strengthen Medicare Part D bargaining to lower prescription drug costs.¹⁰³
Sharice L. Davids KS-3
Her campaign website lists voting for the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says allows Medicare to negotiate for cheaper prescription drugs, among her actions.¹⁰⁴
Morgan McGarvey KY-3
His campaign website says Medicare must be allowed to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.¹⁰⁵
"Jamie" Davis LA Senate
His campaign website says he would lower prescription drug prices by using Medicare's buying power.¹⁰⁶
Lori Loureiro Trahan MA-3
A Policy Priorities page that appears only in her campaign website's site map says the government should be given the power to negotiate lower prices for drugs under Medicare Part D.¹⁰⁷
Stephen F. Lynch MA-8
His campaign website's Supporting Our Seniors page says he co-sponsored Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation legislation, which it says would allow Medicare to negotiate discounted prices for prescription drugs.¹⁰⁸
Bill Keating MA-9
His campaign website lists passing the Inflation Reduction Act among his accomplishments and says the law lets Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices.¹⁰⁹
John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. MD-2
His campaign website says that to lower prescription drug costs in Medicare he supports tougher price negotiations, limits on out-of-pocket costs and more price transparency.¹¹⁰
April McClain Delaney MD-6
Her campaign website says President Biden lowered costs by capping insulin and allowing the government to negotiate drug prices, that she will build on that work, and that she will work to strengthen Medicare by lowering prescription drug costs.^111,112
Troy D. Jackson ME Senate
His campaign website says he would push for the federal government to negotiate drug prices directly, as Canada, Australia and New Zealand do.¹¹³
Callie Barr MI-1
Her campaign website says she supports lowering prescription drug prices through negotiation. Its priorities page says the government should negotiate prices the way other countries do.^114,115,116
Charlotte Magoon MI-2
Her campaign website says Medicare must be able to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs so that no one in Michigan has to ration insulin.¹¹⁷
Hillary Scholten MI-3
Her campaign website says she advocates letting Medicare negotiate the cost of drug prices.¹¹⁸
Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
Her health care topic page says she wants to negotiate prices for more prescriptions.¹¹⁹
DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5
It also says he supports negotiated prescription-drug prices, protections against billing abuse and limits on catastrophic out-of-pocket costs.¹²⁰
Erik Osberg MN-7
It says he wants the federal government to have greater authority to negotiate fair prices for drugs when public money is involved.¹²¹
Trina Swanson MN-8
The voter concerns page says she wants to keep Medicare's power to negotiate prices intact and extend lower prices to additional prescription drugs.¹²²
Amy Klobuchar MN Governor
Her campaign website says she led the law that let Medicare negotiate lower prescription drug prices, and that as governor she would expand the state's bulk purchasing of prescription drugs.¹²³
Bethany E Mann MO-3
Her campaign website says the government system under Medicare for All would be able to negotiate a set standard of fair prices with drug and insurance companies, as other developed countries do.¹²⁴
Jeffrey Hulum III MS-4
His campaign website’s FAQ page says he favors allowing Medicare to negotiate what it pays for prescription drugs.¹²⁵
Alani Bankhead MT Senate
Her campaign website says she will defend Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices, along with the $35 insulin cap and the yearly out-of-pocket cap in Medicare drug coverage.¹²⁶
Deborah K. Ross NC-2
Her campaign health care page lists helping pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says limited seniors' insulin costs to $35 a month and gave Medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices.¹²⁷
Chris Pappas NH Senate
His campaign website says he helped pass the law that let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices and capped insulin at $35 for people on Medicare.^128,129
Donald Norcross NJ-1
His campaign website says he has been a leading voice in efforts to let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices.¹³⁰
Frank Pallone Jr. NJ-6
The About page says he led passage of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act in the House, which it says would let the federal government negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs and limit Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket drug costs to $2,000.¹³¹
Alan B. Bond NJ-11
His campaign story on prescription drugs notes that Medicare's first negotiated drug prices took effect in 2026 and says programs like this should be judged by measurable results, such as what Medicare spends and whether patients benefit. It also says competition is one of the strongest ways to bring drug prices down.¹³²
Adam Hamawy NJ-12
His campaign website says Medicare should be empowered to negotiate prescription drug prices, noting that Americans pay far more for prescription drugs than people in other countries.¹³³
Ben R Lujan NM Senate
His campaign website says he helped pass the law that lets Medicare negotiate drug prices, along with caps on insulin and seniors' out-of-pocket drug costs.¹³⁴
Teresa Leger Fernandez NM-3
Her campaign website says she voted to put a ceiling on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs and to give Medicare power to negotiate prices with drug companies. Its seniors page says she will keep holding drug companies accountable for the prices they set.^135,136
Steven "Chap" St John NV-1
His campaign website says he supports carrying on work to reduce prescription drug costs, naming Medicare drug price negotiation and aid for people with high medication costs.¹³⁷
Aaron D. Ford NV Governor
His campaign website says he would cap the cost of many prescription drugs at the Medicare-negotiated rate.¹³⁸
Annie Andrews SC Senate
Her health care plan says she would expand the number of drugs whose prices Medicare negotiates.¹³⁹
James Talarico TX Senate
His campaign website says he would increase Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices.¹⁴⁰