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CHESTER, Pennsylvania<\/location>, Sept. 2<\/chron> — Rep. Mary Homosexual Scanlon<\/person>, D-Pennsylvania<\/location>, issued the next information launch:<\/p>\n

Congresswoman Mary Homosexual Scanlon<\/person> (PA-05) right this moment introduced that households in Pennsylvania’s<\/location>fifth Congressional District<\/location> will quickly see extra reasonably priced prescribed drugs for Medicare recipients and decrease medical insurance premiums made doable by the Inflation Discount Act.<\/p>\n

“For too lengthy, households in PA-05 have been pressured to decide on between paying for life-saving remedy or insurance coverage protection and placing meals on the desk,” stated Rep. Scanlon<\/person>. “The Inflation Discount Act takes main steps to rein in out-of-control well being care prices – lastly empowering Medicare to barter decrease drug costs and, for the primary time ever, capping Medicare Half D out-of-pocket drug spending at $2,000<\/money>. Better of all, it’s absolutely paid for by guaranteeing that huge companies pay their fair proportion of taxes whereas guaranteeing that middle-class Pennsylvanians and small companies do not pay a cent extra.”<\/p>\n

The Inflation Discount Act will make well being care extra reasonably priced for PA-05 households by:<\/p>\n

* Serving to 21,000 district residents who at present get sponsored market medical insurance protection via the Reasonably priced Care Act save a median of $1740<\/money> in premiums by extending important tax credit that will have in any other case expired this 12 months.<\/p>\n

* Saving households with two adults, two youngsters, and a family revenue of $75,000<\/money> over $2,832<\/money> on their premiums subsequent 12 months.<\/p>\n

* Saving single-parent households with one grownup, one little one, and a family revenue of $30,000<\/money> over $1,260<\/money> on their premiums subsequent 12 months.<\/p>\n