The federal government gave the greenlight in January for Vermont to use funds from Medicaid to cover the cost of rent for homeless individuals who have certain medical needs in the state. The State of Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) reached an agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that allows the state to allocate Medicaid funds to pay rent for certain homeless Vermonters for up to six months,

to develop and test ways to lower drug prices for people on Medicare and Medicaid. Since former-President Joe Biden's 2022 order, CMS had been planning out and preparing to test three models to lower prices. None of them had fully gone into effect.

On Day 1 of his second term of office, Trump rescinded Biden's Executive Order 14087, "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans." Trump's action ha

The executive order, which Biden signed in October 2022, had not spurred any lower drug prices by the time Trump revoked it Jan. 20. The order directed the Health and Human Services Department secretary to consider "new health care payment and delivery models" for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test.

The Trump administration’s first drug pricing action — rescinding a Biden executive order encouraging Medicare to help lower prescription costs — is befuddling drug pricing experts.

Of course, Republicans are correct that doing more to help the poor costs more money. On the other hand, studies show SNAP has widespread benefits for low-income households — notably, less food insecurity and better long-term health outcomes — as well as community-level benefits like less theft.

President Trump is rolling back Biden healthcare policies, such as expansions to the Affordable Care Act – a move Democrats described as an "attack" on the federal program.

President Donald Trump voided an executive order signed by former-President Joe Biden aimed at lowering prescription drug prices.