A Harris Administration Would Deliver More Bad Healthcare Policy

Harris is desperately trying to run from her single-payer healthcare agenda advanced in her 2019 campaign. She now claims she wants to double-down on Obamacare, as the Biden administration has done, leading to fewer choices for patients and higher costs.

Under Biden, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is using the heavy hand of government to dictate prices of certain drugs accessed through Medicare. If Democrats win the White House for another term, hopes of undoing these government price controls will be dashed.

The process of fixing prices and attempting to manipulate free market mechanisms is already having severe unintended consequences for seniors. Average Medicare Part D premiums are up 21% this year compared to 2023. And the ballooning out-of-pocket costs are expected to worsen as price controls go into full force over the next two years.

Read more from Elaine Parker and former HHS Sec. Tom Price in the Washington Examiner.