Soon after President Trump was sworn into office he signed several executive orders on healthcare.
The policies which Biden put into place include efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare and Medicaid and enhancing the Affordable Care Act.
One effort by the Biden Administration that was overturned includes looking at ways to lower drug costs. Executive Order 14087 was designed to require a two-dollar copay a month for certain prescription drugs for Medicare patients.
Trump also overturned the extended Obamacare’s open enrollment period, which would’ve provided 36 states an extra 12 weeks for adults to sign up.
The George Washington University has experts available to comment on a variety of aspects related to these policy changes. If you are interested in scheduling an interview with a GW expert please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum, [email protected].
Alison Barkoff, is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Associate Professor of Health Law and Policy at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. She is a nationally recognized expert in health law and policy and can discuss access to healthcare, insurance and other issues.
Leighton Ku, a professor of health policy and management and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health, is a health policy researcher and public policy analyst. He is an expert in national and state health reforms, and how to improve access to affordable health care for vulnerable populations. Watch here as he talks about healthcare reform and the implications of the election.
Richard Ricciardi is associate dean for Clinical Practice and Community Engagement in the GW School of Nursing and the executive director for the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement.
Tony Yang, is a professor in health policy at the George Washington University School of Nursing with a joint appointment at the Milken Institute School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management.
Anil Nathan, assistant professor of public policy and public administration, is an economist with primary research experience in education and health, but also has interests in a variety of applied microeconomic and econometric topics. His teaching interests include microeconomics, econometrics, impact evaluation, and the economics of education.
Barak Richman, is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law at the George Washington University Law School. Richman is an expert in healthcare policy law. Author of the book, Stateless Commerce, Richman is a frequent writer on healthcare issues and medical debt in America. Richman says there’s “Lots of legal implications, especially (a) state court rules to make medical debt especially costly on patients, and (b) medical debt is a consequence of how medical services are billed. It’s a product of the broader financing system.”
Sonia Suter is a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and founding director of the Health Law Initiative. She is an expert on issues at the intersection of law, medicine, and bioethics, with a particular focus on reproductive rights.
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