Keckley Report October 25, 2021
Paul Keckley

For the past three months, Congress has been paralyzed by partisan bickering with few issues garnering bipartisan favor. Despite voter majority support for drug price containment, constraints on Big Tech and attention to climate change among headliners, bipartisan actions vis a vis laws or regulations that address them are rare.

It’s no surprise, then, that the Infrastructure and Build Back Better (BBB) plans are stalled: there are legitimate concerns on both sides. In the end, both will pass with significant concessions made and each side claiming victory.

The provision of dental benefits for Medicare enrollees, expansion of home care services and drug pricing constraints will be among several healthcare-related cuts in the final version.

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