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**FILE** Joe Biden (Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons)
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Biden Administration Secures Historic Victory in Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, Projected to Save Billions

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

The Biden administration has successfully negotiated substantial price reductions for 10 of Medicare’s most expensive prescription drugs, saving U.S. taxpayers $6 billion and Medicare beneficiaries $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs during the first year of implementation.

**FILE** President Joe Biden (WI photo)
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Student Loan Debt Drops $10 Billion Due to Biden Administration Forgiveness

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**FILE** Joe Biden (Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons)
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White House Unveils New Policies to Transform Child Welfare

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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala serves as director-general of the World Trade Organization. (Courtesy photo)
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**FILE** A U.S. District judge issued an order halting further loan forgiveness under the Biden-Harris administration’s income-driven repayment plan known as SAVE. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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**FILE** The shipping channel into Baltimore was fully reopened on June 10. It had been closed since the Key Bridge collapse on March 26. (WI photo)
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**FILE** Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a significant funding boost to address the pressing issues of affordable housing and homelessness across the United States. (Shedrick Pelt/The Washington Informer)
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**FILE** The AFL-CIO, a coalition representing 12.5 million workers across various unions, has released its 33rd annual report, “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect,” uncovering troubling racial disparities in workplace safety. (WI photo)
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