Forbes December 31, 2024
Steve Brozak

President Joe Biden’s election was due, in large part, to his guarantees of a return to normalcy from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is no need to discuss the pandemic, vaccines, or even the recent maelstrom in the health insurance industry to assess what historians will likely label the Biden Healthcare Legacy.

in 2020, Biden’s promises of healthcare improvement swayed a sufficient number of the electorate to secure his move into the White House. Unfortunately, his goals of expanding and strengthening the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enhancing coverage and affordability, addressing rural and mental health, and lowering prescription drug costs proved largely aspirational. In short, was it “mission not accomplished?”

Here are 10 of Biden’s most glaring healthcare misses:

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare
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