Opinion by Leana S. Wen: Keep an eye on Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. She will be key to Biden’s success.
The Inflation Reduction Act contains another noteworthy provision: By 2025, prescription drug costs will be capped so that seniors will pay no more than $2,000 annually for their medications.
Since the Senate confirmed Brooks-LaSure a year and a half ago, she has encountered many people for whom the cost of medications is an overriding concern. “I met a woman whose husband’s drug costs are over $17,000 a year,” she told me. “The cap of $2,000 will be a big game-changer for families like theirs.
Then there is the looming end of the public health emergency for the covid-19 pandemic, for which CMS will also be at the forefront in managing the fallout. The emergency declaration helped Americans access free coronavirus vaccines and coverage for covid-19 treatments. An important provision in the 2020 covid-19 relief bill also required states to keep low-income families continuously enrolled in Medicaid throughout the emergency. At the moment, the emergency is slated to end on Jan.
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