Coalition Against Socialized Medicine Statement on Biden-Harris Drug Price Control Celebration

ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 15, 2024 – The Coalition Against Socialized Medicine (CASM), a broad
coalition of leading conservative groups including the Conservative Political Action Coalition
(CPAC), Heritage Action, the National Taxpayers Union, Club for Growth, Citizens Against
Government Waste, American Commitment, and the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, has issued
the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement regarding the impacts
of the misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act’s” Medicare drug price controls. This statement is
attributable to Andrew Langer, CPAC’s Executive Director of the Coalition Against Socialized
Medicine.

“The Coalition Against Socialized Medicine strongly condemns the Biden-Harris Administration’s
backward decision to hold an event boasting the devastating impacts of their failed IRA, which cut
Medicare by nearly $260 billion to fund unrelated government spending projects and has caused
Part D premiums to soar. The IRA has done nothing to lower healthcare costs for older Americans
and everything to benefit liberal agendas like EV tax credits and subsidies for big health insurers.

“The Biden-Harris Administration’s march toward socialized medicine has never been more
apparent, and with Vice President Kamala on the ballot this November, voters have an opportunity
to derail her ambitions of a government-run healthcare system. The assault on seniors and
taxpayers must end.”