price of prescription drugs in order to negotiate, which would actually help a lot of people who need drugs. also raise taxes on corporations as well as rich high-earning individuals who the administration and manchin agree can. kate bedingfield making time at a very busy moment. thanks for being here. of course. thanks for having me. absolutely. our setup was quicker than usual, because we d be quoting the white house, but we have the white house, so bottom line, one, what does this all do? and two, the big question, how does this president get the senator, manchin, back on board? well, what is this all do? does an enormous amount for families all across the country. it tackles the climate crisis in a meaningful and urgent and frankly historic way. it s going to lower the cost of prescription drugs, the cost of health-care, and it s going to rewrite the tax code so corporations have to pay their fair share, and people making under $400,000 a year are not going to see a
on health care that was so vital, they did compromise, leaving out government negotiates on drug prices with obamacare. that changes. med care can now negotiate. raises taxes on private equity firms and these high earner who is seem to spend more money dodging taxes than they could just pay up for the taxes. democrats say this will do a lot. the bill does need all 50 senate democrats. they got manchin. now senator sinema has not announced where she stands, and we bring in that obama veteran che komanduri. welcome back. good to be back. i just went through a lot of policy and a little bit of politics. i think the obama-its of the world would say, gosh, that took a long time. and it is happening on the drug front. give us your reaction writ large to anything you heard from the white house there. welsh i think this deal is a testament to how much political climate in america shifted this