President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden aimed at finding new models for lowering drug costs.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.

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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.

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,