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Latest Promises
Joe Biden
Increase COVID-19 testing
Biden kept his promise to increase testing capacity, even as demand for testing drops
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June 10, 2021
Joe Biden
100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots for 50 million people in 100 days
58 days in, Biden reaches milestone of 100 million shots within his first 100 days
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March 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Increase access to VA care beyond 5-year eligibility for combat veterans
Biden kept promise on increasing access to care for veterans
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December 16, 2022
Joe Biden
Reduce high maternal mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate remains high, but Joe Biden took steps to improve outcomes
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December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Direct federal resources to help prevent violence against transgender women
Biden keeps promise to leverage federal focus on transgender issues
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January 11, 2022
Joe Biden
Create national center to reduce veteran suicide
New programs, but no new center, for veteran suicide prevention
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December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Create a Public Health Jobs Corps
The CDC and AmeriCorps train new public health workforce, but at a limited capacity
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July 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Restore ACA’s contraception mandate
Promise Broken: Biden proposed rules to expand contraception coverage, but none were finalized
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January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood
Promise Kept: Planned Parenthood regained federal funding under Biden administration
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November 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Repeal Hyde Amendment
Joe Biden fails to repeal Hyde Amendment during presidency
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November 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Work to codify Roe v. Wade
Joe Biden made efforts to protect abortion, but Congress did not codify access
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November 26, 2024
Joe Biden
Lower cost of prescription drugs
Joe Biden reduced prescription drug prices, but not by 60% across the board
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December 16, 2024
Joe Biden
Allow import of prescription drugs from other countries
Biden FDA approves Florida request to import drugs from Canada, but state didn’t act
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Repeal law barring Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices
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August 10, 2022
Joe Biden
Offer a public option health insurance plan like Medicare
Democrats fail to advance ‘public option’ for health insurance
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Add 150,000 community health workers
Biden directed funding to recruit community health workers, but didn’t add 150,000
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December 19, 2024
Joe Biden
Rebuild health stockpiles to be ready for crises
Biden administration replenished medical reserves, funded domestic production
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December 16, 2024
Joe Biden
Change tax code so pharmaceutical production stays in the US
Joe Biden fails to change the tax code to keep pharmaceutical companies’ production in the U.S.
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December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Tighten ‘Made In America’ rules
New rules gradually raise the bar for Made-in-America
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July 13, 2022
Joe Biden
Award federal contracts to companies that make all products in US
Biden strengthened Buy American rules, but contractors still manufacture outside U.S.
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December 16, 2024
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