Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On the heels of just announced newly negotiated, lower prices for 10 of the highest-spend drugs in Medicare, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stood with Plattsburgh seniors who take these drugs to spotlight the importance of these tremendous cost saving measures, a result of Schumer secured provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. Schumer revealed the next phase on lowering drug costs with a $2,000 cap on total out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for NY seniors on Medicare starting this January as well as a new tool that allows seniors to break their drug costs into monthly payments which they will need to opt in for if they would like to participate.