Story by Charlotte White • 15h
The Biden campaign’s social media account claimed a Fox News host lied by attributing a cap on Medicare insulin costs to former President Trump rather than current President Biden.
“Fox host tries to claim Trump, not President Biden, capped insulin at $35/month FACT CHECK: This is a blatant lie. Trump did not cap insulin costs, President Biden did for seniors through the Inflation Reduction Act. Trump’s Project 2025 wants to repeal it, which would raise insulin costs for over a million Americans,” the Biden account wrote.
However, critics quickly fact-checked the campaign and countered with evidence that Trump had instituted a $35 monthly cap on insulin copays for seniors in 2020, while Biden upon taking office froze the policy before reinstating a similar cap under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Fox host tries to claim Trump, not President Biden, capped insulin at $35/month
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 3, 2024
FACT CHECK: This is a blatant lie. Trump did not cap insulin costs, President Biden did for seniors through the Inflation Reduction Act. Trump’s Project 2025 wants to repeal it, which would raise… pic.twitter.com/iDrrBKEIhf