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The recent news is leaps and bounds beyond the token efforts by the previous administration. https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-845638742817 https://apne
by fuzzylightbulb 3y ago
The recent news is leaps and bounds beyond the token efforts by the previous administration.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-845638742817 https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-845638742817
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Separately, the Trump administration implemented a program in which some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans voluntarily set the maximum copay for insulin at $35 per month. However, not all insulin products are necessarily covered by the plans that participate. It also does not affect costs for people who are uninsured or have other coverage.
That program remains in place, and Cubanski pointed out that the Biden administration supported expanding that initiative. A provision under the idling Build Back Better Act would have applied it to private insurers, for example.
That legislation also proposed allowing Medicare to negotiate the prices of certain drugs, including insulin.
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