Today, President Biden announced new actions to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs for Pennsylvania families — the latest step in the historic work the Biden-Harris administration has done to cap insulin costs, lower the cost of health insurance, and allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. In stark contrast, however, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans have revived their crusade to tear apart the Affordable Care Act (ACA), jeopardize health care coverage, and raise costs for thousands of Pennsylvanians
“While Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans continue to threaten Pennsylvania health care by attacking the ACA, President Biden is taking action to lower the cost of the prescription of drugs and help hardworking families,” Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Senator Sharif Street said. “As MAGA Republicans continue to push their unpopular agenda that prioritizes lining the pockets of Big Pharma while raising prices for hardworking Pennsylvanians, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Pennsylvania Democrats are delivering on their promise to make health care less expensive and more accessible for Pennsylvanians.”
MAGA Republicans’ agenda would cripple Americans’ access to health care:
- Every Republican presidential hopeful has called for repealing the ACA, a move that would strip away health coverage and increase health care costs for millions of Americans.
- 2024 Republicans have railed against and even threatened to repeal President Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act, which is lowering prescription drug costs for families across the country.
- MAGA Republicans in Congress blocked a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that would have capped the price of insulin at $35/month for private insurers — and they remain hell-bent on repealing these historic investments that are lowering costs for working families.
- The Trump administration tried to strip the federal government of the power to combat high prices for products developed with taxpayer dollars — once again protecting Big Pharma’s profits at the expense of Americans.
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