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Creative Counting Can't Fix Inflation Reduction Act
Forbes | January 27, 2024 | Sally C. Pipes

Just three days before President Biden left office, his appointees tried to tie incoming Trump staffers’ hands on a health policy decision that affects millions of Americans and tens of billions in federal spending.

On January 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new list of 15 drugs under Medicare Part D that will be subjected to price controls under the Inflation Reduction Act on January 1, 2027. The list was announced this month despite the IRA not requiring, under the statute, such a decision until February 1st.

And here’s the kicker: while the IRA, signed into law in August 2022, required CMS to pick 15 medicines, Biden’s CMS actually selected 19 distinct medications.
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Republicans, Don't Give Up On Health Care Reform
Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes | January 27, 2025

In his first week back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued several executive orders related to health policy.

But lasting action on healthcare reform, from reining in wasteful or fraudulent Medicaid spending to rolling back billions in premium subsidies, can only come from Congress, which holds the power of the purse.
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Record Obamacare Enrollment Embarrassment Is No Victory
Newsmax | Sally C. Pipes | January 22, 2025

Just under 24 million Americans have purchased health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges for 2025, marking yet another year of record-high enrollment.

As in previous years, the Biden administration was quick to declare this surge in sign-ups a victory for patients. “Every American should have access to quality, affordable health care,” said then-Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in response to the news. “[A]nd thanks to the ACA, they do.”

That claim doesn’t square with the evidence.
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