He messed up.
Biden has recently cancelled a plan that the Trump administration enacted that “allow[ed] more physicians to prescribe an opioid-treatment drug.”
A report from the Washington Post stated, “The Biden administration has been criticized by physicians and lawmakers since reports that the new president would halt Trump’s plan — particularly because as a candidate, Biden had criticized the prescribing rules and vowed to lift them if elected.”
#1/2 This @POTUS decision https://t.co/8gwgdQK2oM means a tragic day for all suffering with #opioid use disorder, and will cost thousands of lives. The @HHS_ASH practice guidelines stemmed from 2 years of evidence examination, science, legal review, and stakeholder engagement
— Brett Giroir (@DrGiroir) January 28, 2021
#2/2 With US #overdose deaths >83,000/yr and increasing 18% per year, expanding access to medications was supported by @theNAMedicine @NIH @FDA commissioner @AmerMedicalAssn @ACEPNow @ONDCP45 @JeromeAdamsMD and numerous other groups. @POTUS: time to put science before politics.
— Brett Giroir (@DrGiroir) January 28, 2021
Biden’s actions will cause many deaths that could have been prevented. Read the rest of the article here.