WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden shared a key economic victory with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Thursday, after securing a cut on drug prices that could resonate with US voters worried about the cost of living.
The 81-year-old president and 59-year-old vice president announced the deal as they prepared to make their first joint trip since Biden 's seismic decision to drop out of the presidential election less than a month ago.The 'historic' agreement with drugmakers will reduce the price of 10 key medicines for seniors, for conditions including diabetes, heart failure and blood clots, they said in joint statements released by the White House.The deal will save older Americans $1.
''Break with Biden'It comes a day before Harris is due to set out her own economic agenda in a speech on Friday, and ahead of her star turn at the Democratic National Convention next week.The United States's first female, Black and South Asian vice president has already breathed new life into the Democratic Party after the trauma of Biden's departure.
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