AXIOS July 22, 2024
President Biden — who was propelled into office in no small part by his health care agenda — realized Democrats’ decades-long dream of allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, and came closer to achieving his party’s equally elusive goal of universal health coverage than any other Democratic president before him.
Why it matters: As history-making as those achievements were, his health care legacy is a fragile one that could be undone by future administrations, congresses or court decisions, and in some ways is already being overshadowed by rising medical costs that top many Americans’ financial concerns.
Driving the news: Biden put lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and expanding coverage to a record number of Americans among his top...
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