Presented by Incubate, America's medicine cabinet is running out. Researchers are advancing

cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, and more, but the pill penalty is putting progress on pause.

It slaps price controls on pills years earlier than other medicines, stalling investment and denying

hope to millions. Through budget reconciliation, Congress can fix it.

It's time to act and end the pill penalty.

Hey everybody, it's Anna Palmer from The Daily Punch.

Welcome to our third special edition podcast for The Future of Medicine, a custom project that we are doing in partnership with incubate.

We're laying out the state of play, the legislative landscape, hearing from

key lawmakers and players in the space, and the outlook on what's to come. It is a very interesting

project and encourage you to check it out at punchbowl. News. A big thank you to incubate for

making this podcast and product possible. Today, I'm going to be joined by senior congressional

reporter Andrew Desiderio,

to talk about the future of medicine and a leading voice. Andrew, thanks so much for joining us.

Hey, Anna. All right, you write, lawmakers from both parties are focused mainly on crafting policies

that can help spur innovation for medical cures and expand access to

those treatments. Republicans and Democrats, however, differ on the best approach to achieve this.

Probably unsurprising, considering today's politics. But you sat down with Senator Bill Cassidy,

the Republican from Louisiana, and one of a handful of medical doctors in Congress.

Let's talk about him a little bit and then want to hear about where he's focused on,

for our Daily Punch listeners who maybe aren't as familiar with Senator Cassidy, give us a little

background.

Yeah, so Senator Cassidy is a medical doctor.

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