thank you so much, reverend lennox yearwood. lennox: thank you.isa: now to another major piece of this bill, healthcare. as part of the package, democrats are within reach of a longtime goal, allowing medicare for the first time to negotiate drug prices, starting in 2026. 48 million americans get prescription drugs through medicare part d, nearly a third of prescription spending in 2017. but medicare has had no ability to negotiate prices. this bill would change that for some drugs. the bill also would cap out-of-pocket drug costs for those on medicare. and it increases help for low-income families, with new subsidies, and extends affordable care act subsidies for the next three years. stacie dusetzina, associate professor of health policy at the vanderbilt university scol of medicine, joins me to discuss what all this means. let me just ask you the big question. how significant is this in health care? stacie: this is a really big step forward in the medicare program in particular. so, i would say, huge. lisa: let's talk about it specifically. the