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Access to Essential Drugs

This law helps maintain access to necessary brand-name drugs, ensuring affordability for Medicare beneficiaries.

#21
of 704 ranked policies
Top 4%
74.7% of matchups won 474 matchups Elo 1705 tracked 2026/03/06 → 2026/10/26

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Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing
75%
picked as helping wellbeing
450 matchups
75%
picked as hurting wellbeing
24 matchups

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2026-03-13

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Based on 474 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/26. Full rankings ·

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