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Flipping the Script on Drug Prices

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

For the first time in history, Medicare officials begin negotiating with pharma companies for lower prescription drug prices. Mark Zuckerberg faces angry parents on Capitol Hill. And a sea explorer says he’s found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost airplane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It started with a rainy day. I wanted to get the kids off the sofa and stop watching TV.

0:07.0

So I searched rainy day activities on Tik-Tock.

0:10.0

There were loads of hacks on there, but the kids really liked making a bird feeder.

0:15.0

It's amazing what you can do with a milk carton and a handful of seeds.

0:19.0

We hung it outside the window and the birds loved it almost as much as the kids.

0:24.0

Who knew a bird box could be this entertaining?

0:27.0

It starts on Tik-Tok.

0:30.0

It's Thursday February 1st.

0:32.0

It's tough to get a bargain when you're not allowed to bargain. We start here.

0:37.0

For the first time in history, the American government is about to negotiate for better drug prices.

0:44.8

Negotiating competition that's as American as apple pie.

0:48.9

This all gets underway today and the man in charge is joining start here to walk us through it

0:54.3

Mark Zuckerberg gives parents a meta apology they were thoroughly unimpressed by what

0:59.7

they heard from the social media companies fire Fire emoji, eyes emoji.

1:03.3

This was a contentious hearing in Washington.

1:05.7

And Amelia Earhart's plane was last spotted in 1937,

1:09.5

or according to this guy, a few weeks ago.

1:11.8

You got a pencil? You're ready to ride down the

1:13.4

coordinates? What deep water drones could tell us about the ocean floor.

1:19.3

From ABC News, this is start here. I'm Brad Milkie.

1:23.0

If you know anything about American health care, you know that prescription drug prices are out of

1:33.8

control it costs four hundred eighty dollars a quarter seven hundred and fifty

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