Democrats Weigh Nullifying a Select Few Trump Health Regulations

Democrats are considering which Health and Human Services Department regulations they may want to overturn in the early days of the Biden administration, although there are few candidates and other avenues to do so.

Their main candidates for congressional reversal are a drug rebate rule that removes legal shields for reimbursements paid by drugmakers to middlemen and insurers and a rule requiring the department review all previous regulations or otherwise the rules must expire.

The Congressional Review Act allows lawmakers to nullify federal regulations shortly after they’re enacted. Discussion of its use comes amid a flurry of last-minute rulemaking from ...