The corporate media and elected Democrats are once again firing up the liberal outrage machine over the recently announced changes to Medicare drug plan subsidies. But the Trump administration is doing the right thing by fixing what the Biden administration broke. The hysterical reaction from the left should be seen for what it is – nothing more than another shameful election-season scare tactic.
As The Wall Street Journal reported this week, the Trump administration will end a Biden-era subsidy program for Medicare Part D plans after 2026, ending billions in additional annual payments currently flowing to private insurance companies.
Medicare Part D, created in 2003, provides outpatient prescription drug coverage through private plans. Beneficiaries in traditional Medicare can purchase stand-alone Part D plans, while Medicare Advantage plans often bundle prescription drug coverage with other benefits. Roughly 25 million Americans currently have stand-alone Part D coverage, with the average premium running about $36 per month this year.
Contrary to some of the more frenzied claims circulating online, the Trump administration is not “ending” Medicare Part D, eliminating prescription drug coverage, or stripping seniors of their benefits. It is ending a temporary Biden administration program that used billions of taxpayer dollars to artificially suppress premiums for purely political purposes.
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