{"id":23814,"date":"2024-12-31T10:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23814"},"modified":"2024-12-31T11:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:23:26","slug":"statement-from-president-biden-on-medicares-new-2000-cap-on-prescription-drug-costs-taking-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23814","title":{"rendered":"Statement from President\u00a0Biden on Medicare\u2019s New $2,000 Cap on Prescription Drug Costs Taking\u00a0Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The White House December 31, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe that health care should be a right \u2013 not a privilege \u2013 and throughout my presidency I have advanced that goal. This week, we take another step closer to an America where everyone can afford the quality health care they need, as Medicare\u2019s new $2,000 cap on prescription drug costs from my Inflation Reduction Act goes fully into effect. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/12\/31\/statement-from-president-biden-on-medicares-new-2000-cap-on-prescription-drug-costs-taking-effect\/\">Here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-11925\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/senior-couple-with-drugs-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House December 31, 2024 I believe that health care should be a right \u2013 not a privilege \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,12,6,15],"tags":[385,61,65],"class_list":["post-23814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-general","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-part-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23822,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23814\/revisions\/23822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}