Category: Executive Orders

Biden Administration Announces Broad Employer-Based Vaccination Requirements

On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its new COVID-19 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”), which outlines a six-pronged approach to combat the pandemic.  The wide-ranging Action Plan lays out plans to vaccinate the unvaccinated, further protect the vaccinated, keep schools safely open, increase testing and masking, protect the economic recovery, and improve care...

Expected Executive Order to take on High Drug Prices; Senate Committee Hears Recommendations on Drug Supply Chain from Experts

According to an article posted today on the BioCentury website, the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that will take on the high costs of pharmaceuticals by instructing “executive agencies to use value-based contracts for drug purchases, and to pursue trade policies that enhance the intellectual property rights of American pharmaceutical companies.” This is...

One In – Two Out and Healthcare Regulation

President Trump signed an executive order (the “Order”) on January 30th, 2017 aiming to reduce bureaucracy by requiring agencies to remove two regulations for every one new regulation they implement. The cost of any new regulation should be offset by the elimination of these other two previously issued regulations. The Order could have major consequences...

The Affordable Care Act in the Trump Administration

One of President Trump’s first actions in office was to sign an Executive Order stating that his Administration will seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act (the “Act”). In the meantime, President Trump directed the executive branch to take “all actions consistent with law to minimize the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens of the Act,...