While many languish on waiting lists for years, or face cuts to the programs that they desperately need, an investigation has found that the money to provide those services has been in the state budget all along.
The provision, signed into law by President Biden, will significantly lower out-of-pocket drug costs for many of the nearly 4 million Florida seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D coverage.
During Wednesday night's second GOP presidential debate, the Republican governor blamed “economic decline” for the state's high uninsured rate and ignored Medicaid expansion, celebrating that Florida doesn’t have “a lot of welfare benefits.”
The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward removing medical bills from people's credit scores, which could improve ratings for millions of people.
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Starting in 2026, the prices for these drugs will decrease for up to nine million seniors, thanks to a provision in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices for these drugs directly with the manufacturers.