Opinion: The Inflation Reduction Act: One step closer to pharmacoequity?
President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday marked a health care law that could have the greatest impact since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010. There are many reasons to praise the act for what it will do for millions of older Americans.
One overlooked benefit may be its role in reducing health disparities, even though the term “health equity” is not mentioned once in the 750 pages of the Inflation Reduction Act, despite the Biden-Harris administration having made advancing equity and racial justice a policy priority. Addressing health equity is important given the persistence of the Covid-19 pandemic that has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic communities in the U.S.
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