A health care advocacy organization launched a new ad in Iowa earlier this month, making the case that allowing federal officials to negotiate prescription prices directly with drug companies would reduce cost for Americans on Medicare.

The ad states “the current Republican-sponsored health care proposal does not allow Medicare to negotiate.”

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