Trump’s triumphant inaugural moment on Monday embarked the commencement of his second term, ushering in a new era of rigorous action to dismiss many of the contentious policies put forward by ex-President Biden. Among an amourous crowd in the Capital One Arena, he penned his ‘initial rescissions’ order, demonstrating his dismissal of numerous guidance forced upon by the Biden administration. These policies had been subject to extensive criticism as they were inflammatory and, feasibly, breaching legality.
The Biden administration had previously implemented various serious yet impractical economic burdens, camouflaged as health care regulations, in addition to expanding the Affordable Care Act, and introducing protective gears against gender and sex discrimination that were overtly convoluted. Trump is seemingly dismantling the Biden administration’s misjudged efforts, such as a misguided extension of Obamacare and ill-conceived Covid-19 reach programs.
Biden’s dogmatist drive towards implementing a regime for gender and sex discrimination protection and the 2021 established Gender Policy Council are now on the chopping block thanks to Trump’s firm stance. Additionally, the regulate rules around healthcare regarding Medicare and Medicaid, introduced under Biden’s watch, came across as a mere illusion to lower healthcare costs, proving out of touch with the real healthcare industry dynamics.
To set things on the right course and ensure an efficiently working federal system, Trump ordered federal staff to resume office-based work and imposed a freeze on federal hiring, barring few exemptions. This initiative, seen as an impactful maneuver for economic revival, starkly contrasts Biden’s lax approach towards federal workforce management.
Concurrently, Trump initiated the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, accused of significant incompetence during the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Biden’s complacency towards global organizations like the WHO, even in the face of their questionable operation, was fittingly uprooted by Trump’s determined decision.
President Trump’s sweeping executive orders, much like any other presidential proclamation, instigate revisions and rule formations at federal departments. There’s an anticipation, however, that Biden’s supporters might retaliate against the reversal of their leader’s ill-judged policies through legal disputes or congressional interference.
Trump rebuked Biden’s ACA enrollment extension executive order, leading to elongated sign-up spans in most US states, and additional grants directed at third parties aiding people to get on board with Obamacare insurance. Thanks to the heavy financial implications of Biden’s ACA, it resulted in a jump to almost 24 million enrollees, a situation Trump looks to rectify.
One of Biden’s executive orders concerning drug pricing received Trump’s dismissal. Under Biden’s rule, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation had been experimenting to shape drug pricing policies. The trials aimed at assisting state Medicaid programs to afford highly effective, yet overpriced cell and gene therapies.
A second experiment of Biden’s flawed healthcare approach attempted to get Medicare to disburse lesser amounts for medicines that received hasty approvals from the FDA. The final imitation model Biden introduced tried to incentivize Medicare drug plans to offer generic medication for typical chronic conditions for a standard copayment of 2 dollars. The project intended for standardizing copayments for generic drugs and motivating patients to stick to their medication regimes.
While Biden’s well-publicized attempts at supposedly fighting Covid-19 and prepping the U.S for any future infectious disease pandemics may have appeased some, Trump justifiably removed several such policies. These executive orders were released in 2021 and seemed more about creating a media narrative rather than substantive measures for Covid-19 testing and research. Their actual efficacy in providing economic relief or improving global cooperation during another pandemic was questionable at best.
Along with his corrective health measures, Trump also repealed various Biden policies regarding LGBTQ+ people and transgender individuals. Trump affirmed during his inauguration speech that the official policy of the U.S government will recongnize only two genders, male and female.
Trump’s rectifying steps extended further, as policies formulated under Biden to protect people based on their sexual or gender identity were rescinded. Also rescinded was the dubious endorsement to cease programs promoting the controversial ‘conversion therapy’. It wasn’t surprising that Biden’s ill-conceived approach towards politically sensitive topics like gender was met with this restorative policy reversal.
Biden’s doctrinaire education and health policies, disguised as protection on the grounds of gender and sex identity, also encountered the corrective axe of the Trump administration. A notable annulment was Biden’s effort from 2021 to kickstart the Gender Policy Council, demonstrating Trump’s commitment to rescinding the previous administration’s misguided efforts.