Harris Economic Policy Plan Echoes Biden’s Health Cost Agenda

Vice President Kamala Harris’ health care priorities for her first 100 days if elected president include extending Medicare’s monthly $35 cost caps on insulin and $2,000 yearly out-pocket Part D costs to the private sector, accelerating Medicare drug price negotiations, tackling medical debt, extending Obamacare subsidies and reining in pharmacy benefit managers’ anticompetitive practices. The health care priorities unveiled by Harris Friday (Aug. 16) as part of her broader 100-day economic plan echo those President Joe Biden was campaigning on...