The comments came as Trump falls behind Biden on health care, a top priority for voters, as the November election approaches.
For example, in the May survey, KFFThe nonpartisan health policy research group found that Biden leads Trump by 11 points on the issue of ensuring access to affordable health insurance.
The poll also showed Biden leading on several other health care topics, but the candidates were more divided on how to address rising health care costs. The poll was conducted April 23-May 1 among 1,479 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
The two candidates are scheduled to hold their first presidential debate on June 27th.
The insulin price cap has become a central piece of Biden’s broader economic argument in his campaign against Trump.
under Inflation Control LawBiden has unveiled a series of bills aimed at lowering drug prices for seniors, including capping insulin prices at $35 a month for Medicare beneficiaries. The president continues to push for a more universal insulin price cap that would also cover younger people.
“Instead of paying $400 a month for their insulin, a senior with diabetes will only have to pay $35 a month!” Biden said. Trade Union Status “And now, I want to cap the cost of insulin for every American who needs it to $35 a month!” he said in a March speech.
The Democratic president is trying to use falling insulin prices as evidence that he has helped lower costs for consumers, despite high inflation that is hampering the U.S. economic recovery after the pandemic.
Meanwhile, former President Trump, in his final year in office, Price cap is $35 Insulin policy. Biden later suspended the policy when he took office and put in place a larger freeze to allow his administration to review new regulations that would go into effect.
But memories of Trump-era health care policies continue to cloud voters’ views of Biden’s record as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. A CNBC national economic poll released in December showed Biden leading Trump by 19 points on health care.
Trump has spent much of his presidency trying to repeal the Obama-era Affordable Care Act without offering any viable alternative health care options, which provides health insurance to about 45 million Americans, according to an estimate by the Commission on Health Care Reform in March. White House.
President Trump has stepped up his pledge to replace Obamacare during his 2024 campaign, but he has not yet said what that replacement would look like.
“I am not running to repeal the ACA as Joe Biden has said in many places,” Trump said in a video posted to his Twitter account. The truth of society He plans to roll out the ACA in April, and “we’re going to make it a lot better than it is now and a lot cheaper for everybody.”
