Kamala Harris’ Plan for Cutting Costs for American Families

Kamala Harris is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. The Harris-Walz First 100 Days Plan to save money for families includes:

Lowering Medical Costs

• Limit out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs to $2,000 for everyone.
• Expand the $35 insulin cap to cover everyone.
• Accelerate and expand Medicare's ability to negotiate lower drug prices.
• Cancel medical debt for millions of Americans and remove it from credit reports.

Lowering Housing Costs

• Offer tax incentives for homebuilders to build affordable starter homes for first-time homebuyers.
• Extend federal rental assistance to hard-pressed Americans, including veterans.
• Empower local governments to implement affordable housing solutions.
• Provide $25,000 in down-payment assistance for eligible first-time homeowners.

Lowering Grocery Costs

• Advance the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food and groceries.
• Enforce consumer protections to curtail corporate price gouging, fixing and surge pricing.
• Secure new authority to crack down on predatory pricing and consumer exploitation.
• Set clear rules to prevent big corporations from exploiting consumers and running up excessive profits on food and groceries.

Lowering Taxes for More Than 100 Million Americans

• Restore the $3,600 per-child tax credit for middle- and working-class families.
• Provide up to a $1,500 Earned Income Tax Credit for lower-income individuals and couples not raising a child, including frontline workers.
• Create a $6,000 tax credit for middle- and lower-income families for the first year of a child's life.
• Make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share of taxes and ensure that no one earning less than $400,000 a year pays more.

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