Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-15 03:12:56 UTC - HELPFUL
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Trump's order was NEVER "implemented" because Biden repeated the SAME 60-day freeze on all federal orders pending review as Trump (in 2017). Trump https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000159-be8f-da97-a9dd-becf15ae0001 https://archive.ph/rq7K2#selection-3995.13-3995.211:~:text=The%20action%20is%20a%20fairly%20standard%20move%20for%20a%20new%20administration%20taking%20over%20from%20the%20other%20party.%20It%20effectively%20halts%20any%20lingering%20policies%20from%20the%20Obama%20administration%20before%20they%20can%20be%20finalized https://archive.ph/mdOHz#selection-1939.0-1943.68:~:text=Trump%E2%80%99s%20initial%20action%20%E2%80%94%20ordering%20a%20freeze%20on%20all%20pending%20regulations%20until%20his%20administration%20can%20review%20them Biden https://archive.ph/PWovQ#selection-1201.3-1205.342:~:text=With%20respect%20to%20rules%20that%20have%20been%20published,fact%2C%20law%2C%20and%20policy%20the%20rules%20may%20raise https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-insulin-epipen/#:~:text=as%20the%2046th%20president%20took%20pen%20to%20paper%2C%20he%20required%20that%20all%20federal%20rules%20pending%20review%20that%20were%20submitted%20under%20the%20previous%20administration%20be%20frozen%20for%20at%2060%20days%20%E2%80%94%20among%20them%2C%20one%20aimed%20at%20reducing%20the%20cost%20of%20insulin%20and%20EpiPens https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33DT3V4#:~:text=The%20order%20was%20still%20making%20its%20way%20through%20the%20Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Human%20Services%20rulemaking%20process%20when%20Biden%20took%20office%20in%20January%202021.%20A%20Biden%20memo%20then%20froze%20all%20of%20Trump%27s%20actions%20that%20had%20not%20yet%20been%20implemented Biden's "IRA" capped insulin at $35 for ALL Medicare, not just voluntary Part D like Trump's order. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/02/joe-biden/biden-is-right-about-35-insulin-cap-but-exaggerate/#:~:text=The%20Inflation%20Reduction%20Act%2C%20which%20Biden%20signed%20in%202022%2C%20caps%20out%2Dof%2Dpocket%20insulin%20costs%20at%20%2435%20a%20month%20for%20Medicare%20enrollees.%20The%20cap%20took%20effect%20in%202023 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/01/03/insulin-price-cap-diabetes/72093250007/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20a%20sweeping%C2%A0climate%20and%20health%20bill%C2%A0called%20the%20Inflation%20Reduction%20Act%20capped%20insulin%20costs%C2%A0at%20%2435%20a%20month%C2%A0for%20Medicare%20enrollees
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