Biden Takes Steps to Lower Health-Care Costs With New Rules on Medical Bills, Insurance
- White House says proposed rules would lower health-care costs
- President has embraced ‘Bidenomics’ to tout agenda to voters
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden announced steps his administration is taking to target so-called junk insurance plans and surprise medical bills as he made lowering health-care costs the latest focus of his “Bidenomics” push.
“In America, it sounds corny, but fairness is something we kind of expect,”Biden said Friday at a White House event detailing his latest effort to rein in the high prices for consumers that have been a persistent political liability. “I don’t know anybody who likes being abused, having to get played for a sucker, taken advantage of.”