Biden, Trump and Medicare

Opinion
The Biden Administration Left a Medicare Mess Behind — Now Trump Must Clean It Up
January, the Biden administration released its proposed Medicare Advantage rates in 2026. These are the rates that the government pays insurers for the program to provide low-cost, affordable plans for seniors.
Trump Reverses Some Biden Drug Pricing Initiatives, Potentially Impacting Medicare Costs
Experts suggest that most Americans will not experience immediate changes in their out-of-pocket health care expenses.
Where $2 prescription drug prices, Obamacare stand in Trump executive order onslaught
Trump stopped a program that had been in the works and was intended to give Medicare recipients access to more than 100 generic drugs for $2 a month, according to another executive order signed on Trump's first day in his new term.
What Has Trump Done on Prescription Drug Prices?
Early moves by the president raise questions about what direction his second-term policy on drug costs will take.
Trump Order Didn’t Reverse All of Biden’s Measures to Lower Drug Costs
President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden aimed at finding new models for lowering drug costs. Trump's action didn't affect the caps on seniors' drug costs or Medicare price negotiations that Biden signed into law.
Fact Check: Insulin cap for Medicare unaffected by Trump order on prescription drug costs
A provision about insulin in the Inflation Reduction Act is conflated with a 2022 executive order by former President Joe Biden on lowering prescription drug costs in posts online that suggest President Donald Trump has canceled the $35 insulin co-pay cap for certain Medicare programs.
Trump order signals shake-up in drug pricing innovation through Medicare and Medicaid
President Donald Trump’s Day One executive order rescinding Biden-era Medicare and Medicaid price innovation programs signals sweeping changes to the drug and treatment pricing agency within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and perhaps a substantive shake-up in two of the largest federal social welfare programs.
Trump Rescinds Biden Order on Drug Costs: Impact Explained
Amidst political shifts, President Trump revoked a Biden-era directive aimed at reducing prescription drug costs, raising questions about future policies. Under Biden's order, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was tasked with exploring ways to cut medication expenses for Medicare and Medicaid,
This Piece Of Joe Biden's Legacy Now Hangs In The Balance
Reforms of prescription drug pricing are finally taking full effect, just in time for Donald Trump and the Republicans to ...
Miranda Devine: Contentious RFK Jr. hearings reveal the border crisis under the Biden administration is why our healthcare has faltered
During Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s contentious Senate confirmation hearing as HHS secretary nominee, he revealed that Medicaid costs ...
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Donald Trump's Medicare Executive Order Explained
Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Joe Biden that sought to lower the price of drugs.
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Trump’s prescription drug executive order rollback didn’t quash all Biden-backed cost savings
The executive order, which Biden signed in October 2022, had not spurred any lower drug prices by the time Trump revoked it Jan. 20. The order directed the Health and Human Services Department ...
Trump Order Walks Back Biden-Era Effort To Lower Prescription Drug Prices. Here's Context
On Day 1 of his second term of office, Trump rescinded Biden's Executive Order 14087, "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for ...
Biden Adds Ozempic to Medicare Price Renegotiation Talks
Biden's administration announced weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy will be included on Medicare's list of medications subject to direct price negotiations.
No, Trump Did Not Repeal Insulin Price Cap for Medicare Recipients
“Rescinding the cap on insulin at $35 only makes pharmaceutical richer and everyday Americans, including MAGA voters, ...
Medicare announces 15 new drugs chosen for price negotiations, including popular weight loss drug Ozempic
Diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to the list of medications selected for Medicare price ...
Assessing The Biden Presidency
If public opinion polls are the guide, Joe Biden has been the worst president since Richard Nixon. Here's why that may be ...
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AMA keeps its focus on fixing Medicare under Trump, GOP
The Chicago-based association will also "pick and choose" its advocacy fights regarding topics like vaccines, gender ...