Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Day 86
2 documented wins
Most-favored-nation drug prices
The win
Agencies were ordered to drive U.S. drug prices toward the levels other developed countries already pay, instead of Americans subsidizing the world.
For Americans
A retired couple should not pay triple what a pharmacy in London charges for the same pill. That gap is a policy choice; this tries to close it.
Social Security overpayment clawbacks eased
The win
SSA reduced the default clawback of benefit overpayments from 100% of a monthly check to 50%, so a paperwork error does not zero out a retiree.
For Americans
If Social Security overpays you and then takes the whole check, rent bounces. Cutting the clawback rate is the difference between a correction and a crisis.