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Despite Progress in Healthcare Access, the US Still Ranks Last Among All Other Developed Nations
Since taking office three and a half years ago, the Biden/Harris administration has:
•Invested $12 billion in new funding for women’s health research
• Capped out-of-pocket expenses for pharmaceutical drugs at $3,000
• Lowered the cost of hearing aids by allowing them to be made available over the counter;
• Launched the American Rescue Plan ARPA-H initiative for advanced
research on cancer and other diseases
• Reignited the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative with the goal of cutting the cancer death rate by at least half over the next quarter century
13 million families covered under the Affordable Care Act are seeing health insurance costs decrease by an average of $800 a year, and three million more Americans are now insured.
Most “surprise billing” medical charges from out-of-network insurance providers are now banned under the “No Surprises Act”.
Medicare is negotiating for more affordable pharmaceutical drugs.
Insulin costs are capped at $35 per month for almost four million diabetic seniors on Medicare.
