With Democrats in Control, Biden Moves to Advance Agenda
By gaining the Senate, Democrats have the chance to move on large parts of the president-elect’s ambitions for the economy, health care, climate change and more.
The ability of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to push through key parts of his agenda and win confirmation of his cabinet selections received a significant lift this week.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
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WASHINGTON With his victory recognized by Congress and his party set to control both the House and Senate, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. moved on Thursday to fill out his cabinet, while his aides and allies drafted plans for an ambitious legislative agenda headlined by $2,000 stimulus checks to individual Americans.
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WASHINGTON The fate of the Trump administration s most favored nation (MFN) rule for bringing down prescription drug prices remains uncertain as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to assume office later this month.
On Sept. 13, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order saying that the Department of Health and Human Services would test payment models for Medicare Parts B and D in which Medicare would pay for certain drugs not more than the most favored nation price, defined as the lowest price, after adjusting for volume and differences in national gross domestic product, for a pharmaceutical product that the drug manufacturer sells in a member country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that has a comparable per-capita gross domestic product.