bgreene
07-21-2024, 04:55 PM
For those that don’t FACT CHECK , here are a few big efforts BIDEN got into LAW:
1. Making historic investments in rebuilding our nation:
Biden signed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law in November 2021. It contains $550 billion of new federal investments in America’s infrastructure over five years, touching everything from bridges, roads and rails to the nation’s broadband, water and energy systems. However, it left out Biden’s proposal to spend $400 billion to bolster caregiving for aging and disabled Americans and several other measures he supported.
2. Lowering drug prices for seniors:
The sweeping $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed into law in August 2022, contained multiple measures aimed at reducing prescription drug costs for Medicare enrollees. They include allowing Medicare to negotiate prices for certain drugs for the first time, capping insulin costs at $35 a month, restricting the growth in drug prices to inflation and limiting Medicare Part D out-of-pocket drug costs. Biden often spoke about these provisions on the campaign trail.
3. Expanding health care to a record number of Americans:
Those buying health insurance policies on the Affordable Care Act exchanges are temporarily eligible for more generous federal premium subsidies thanks to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which Biden signed into law in March 2021. This beefed-up assistance helped prompt a record 21.3 million people to sign up for 2024 coverage on the Obamacare exchanges. However, the next president and Congress will have to decide whether to continue the subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of 2025
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4. Providing care to veteran exposed to toxic substances:
The Honoring our PACT Act, which Biden signed into law in August 2022, adds conditions related to burn pit and toxic exposure, including hypertension, to the Department of Veterans Affairs list of illnesses that have been incurred or exacerbated during military service. It removes the burden for veterans to prove that their toxic exposure resulted in these conditions. Biden has said he believes there may have been a connection between the brain cancer that killed his 46-year-old son, Beau, and the burn pits Beau was exposed to during his military service.
1. Making historic investments in rebuilding our nation:
Biden signed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law in November 2021. It contains $550 billion of new federal investments in America’s infrastructure over five years, touching everything from bridges, roads and rails to the nation’s broadband, water and energy systems. However, it left out Biden’s proposal to spend $400 billion to bolster caregiving for aging and disabled Americans and several other measures he supported.
2. Lowering drug prices for seniors:
The sweeping $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed into law in August 2022, contained multiple measures aimed at reducing prescription drug costs for Medicare enrollees. They include allowing Medicare to negotiate prices for certain drugs for the first time, capping insulin costs at $35 a month, restricting the growth in drug prices to inflation and limiting Medicare Part D out-of-pocket drug costs. Biden often spoke about these provisions on the campaign trail.
3. Expanding health care to a record number of Americans:
Those buying health insurance policies on the Affordable Care Act exchanges are temporarily eligible for more generous federal premium subsidies thanks to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which Biden signed into law in March 2021. This beefed-up assistance helped prompt a record 21.3 million people to sign up for 2024 coverage on the Obamacare exchanges. However, the next president and Congress will have to decide whether to continue the subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of 2025
.
4. Providing care to veteran exposed to toxic substances:
The Honoring our PACT Act, which Biden signed into law in August 2022, adds conditions related to burn pit and toxic exposure, including hypertension, to the Department of Veterans Affairs list of illnesses that have been incurred or exacerbated during military service. It removes the burden for veterans to prove that their toxic exposure resulted in these conditions. Biden has said he believes there may have been a connection between the brain cancer that killed his 46-year-old son, Beau, and the burn pits Beau was exposed to during his military service.