Karine Jean-Pierre: The Inflation Act Is Going to Change People’s Lives
White House press secretary appears as guest on Stephen Colbert's show
The new Democratic budget legislation which neared final passage in the US House Friday will be truly transformational, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday night in an appearance on late-night television which was, at turns, earnest and endearing.
Jean-Pierre, who earlier this year succeeded former White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, sat in as a guest on Stephen Colbert's Late Show on CBS which included a heart-warming shout-out to Jean-Pierre's mother sitting in the studio audience.
Colbert reviewed with Jean-Pierre the lengthy number of accomplishments Democrats and President Biden have been racking up lately, including legislation to assist injured veterans with their healthcare, Biden's oversight of a mission which killed a top global terrorist, and more — including the Inflation Reduction Act, which came together rather suddenly just in recent weeks.
Among its provisions, the Inflation Reduction Act would cap out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs.
“If you think about prescription drugs, there are people out there — and I can speak to this personally, the president can speak to this personally — when you have an elderly parent and they are getting thousands of dollars of prescription medication that’s coming to their home because they need it, they either have a chronic illness and they have to just survive, and the rest of the family comes together, and they’re, like, ‘Okay, how are we going to chip in to help mom or dad pay for these prescription drugs?’” Jean-Pierre said. “And you think about this bill, this anti-inflation bill, it is going to cut costs, lower costs of prescription drugs, cap it at $2,000 a year, that is going to make a difference for so many Americans.”
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