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 secretary to consider "new health care payment and delivery models" for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test.
The rescinded order directed Medicare and Medicaid to test ways to lower drug costs for enrollees. Those tests hadn’t started, so current drug prices are unaffected.
Experts suggest that most Americans will not experience immediate changes in their out-of-pocket health care expenses.
Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Joe Biden that sought to lower the price of drugs.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected 15 more drugs for Medicare price negotiation, announcing the selection two weeks ahead of schedule.
Trump's order, signed shortly after his inauguration on Monday, targets policies his administration calls "deeply unpopular" and "radical," NBC News reported. One of those now-cancelled policies directed Medicare to investigate ways to slash drug costs, including the possibility of a $2 monthly out-of-pocket cap on some generic medications.
The Biden administration announced on Friday the selection of the next 15 prescription drugs that will undergo price negotiations between manufacturers and Medicare, three days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office and take over the program.
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Trump reversed former President Joe Biden's order on "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans" on Monday.
The rescinded orders include directives boosting the Affordable Care Act exchanges, coordinating the government’s COVID-19 response and overseeing artificial intelligence tools.