Yesterday, Friday, the US Congress approved in a final vote President Joe Biden's huge climate and health plan, which represents an important political victory for the Democratic president, less than 3 months before crucial legislative elections.

Democrats pushed their slim majority in the House of Representatives to pass this plan, worth more than $430 billion, after a similar vote in the Senate a few days ago.

"Today the American people have won," Biden wrote, adding that with this plan, "families will see lower drug, healthcare, and energy costs."

Biden announced - in a tweet - that he will issue the text next week, to become an effective law aimed at putting the country on the right path to achieving its goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

For her part, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said before the vote, "Today is a day of celebration," saying that this law will allow American families "to thrive and our planet to survive."

In contrast, the Republican camp considers this text to lead to unnecessary public expenditures, and former President Donald Trump - via his social network "Truth Social" - called on all Republicans to stand against the plan.

The plan, which won the support of the majority of organizations fighting climate change, provides for allocating 370 billion dollars to the environment and 64 billion to health.

The plan - dubbed the "Inflation Reduction Act" - also aims to reduce the public budget deficit by imposing a new tax of 15% as a minimum on companies that reap profits of more than one billion dollars.

This plan is the largest investment by the United States in the field of climate, with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030.

Biden had set a goal of cutting at least 50% by that date.

Under this reform, the American citizen gets about $7,500 in tax breaks when he buys an electric car, in addition to financing that covers 30% of the costs when installing solar panels on the roof of his home. .

Cheaper drugs

On the health side, the text approves investments worth 64 billion dollars in the field of health and the gradual reduction in the prices of some medicines, as “Medicare” - the health insurance system that benefits people over 65 years old - for the first time will be able to negotiate directly on Prices of some drugs with laboratories to obtain more competitive prices.

Also, the elderly will not spend more than two thousand dollars a year for their medications from 2025.

The plan extends the care provided by the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, as well as health coverage for millions of Americans.