CAHC’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union of address was featured in Inside Health Policy:
But some stakeholders blasted the president’s policies as misguided. “Tonight, President Biden heralded his efforts to address rising health care costs, but his latest policies will cripple employers and unions by raising premiums,” the Council for Affordable Health Coverage said in a statement. “Additionally, the idea of increasing the IRA’s drug price negotiations to 500 drugs over the next ten years will exacerbate the drug shortage and drastically reduce the investment into new treatments. This unserious approach to the real problems of higher health care costs is merely government-run health care cloaked in the false promise of lower prices and better care. The American people deserve better.”