position · 2026
Expand Medicare and let Medicare negotiate drug prices
Welch supports Medicare for All, under which Medicare would provide comprehensive benefits to every person in the United States. He also cosponsored legislation to let Medicare negotiate lower prices with drug companies, with the stated goal of reducing prescription drug costs. These are separate proposals: expanded coverage and federal drug-price negotiation.
Context: The source describes proposed legislation and does not establish that either proposal became law.
In their own words
Cosponsored the Medicare for All Act of 2021, which would expand Medicare to provide comprehensive benefits to every person in the United States.
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Retrieved: 11/10/2026