Biden’s Medicare price-negotiation plan isn’t getting much attention from GOP presidential candidates

President Joe Biden announced the first 10 prescription drugs subject to Medicare ’s new power to negotiate drug prices.

GOP presidential candidates have been united in its response: Silence.

Biden 's campaign: “President Biden and Democrats accomplished what Republicans promised but failed to deliver: lower prescription drug costs”.

As president, Trump abandoned his 2016 campaign promise to enact the same policies as Biden 's plan.

Trump has declined to address Biden ’s legislation empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.

The inconsistency of his approach ultimately undermined his results.

Trump also gave his blessing to a bipartisan prescription drug reform bill spearheaded by senators.

On a single day in July 2020 , Trump signed three executive orders to reduce drug prices.

But executive orders are inherently less durable than legislation.

Biden rescinded Trump ’s community health center and pharmacy benefit manager executive orders.