Wednesday’s Debate Showed the Democrats Are (Mostly) Moving Left
5 years, 6 months ago

Wednesday’s Debate Showed the Democrats Are (Mostly) Moving Left

Slate  

On Wednesday, roughly half the Democrats running for president in 2020 met for their first debate. NBC’s Lester Holt asked the candidates, “Who here would abolish their private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan?” Two candidates, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, raised their hands. Warren dismissed insurers as parasites: “The insurance companies last year alone sucked $23 billion in profits out of the health care system.” Meanwhile, de Blasio attacked former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas for defending private insurance. Her confidence in pledging to abolish private insurance, and the reticence with which O’Rourke and Klobuchar defended “choice” between public and private options, reflected the left’s growing power. “If the decision is between 60 votes—a filibuster—or passing common sense gun reform, I’m going to choose common sense gun reform,” said Castro.

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'Obamacare' hits record sign-ups, but an uncertain future looms under Trump
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'Obamacare' hits record sign-ups, but an uncertain future looms under Trump

India Today  

A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama's landmark health legislation, as the programme awaits an uncertain future under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told the Alaska Beacon last week that Congress would “need to continue these premium tax credits," in an interview …

Health Care Premiums Could Go Up Fast If Republicans Don't Act
1 month ago

Health Care Premiums Could Go Up Fast If Republicans Don't Act

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. The finding was about the cost of health insurance for people who buy private coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the landmark legislation that Democrats passed and then-President Barack Obama signed in 2010. But in the Affordable Care Act’s early years, those tax credits were smaller than the …

Healthcare coverage for millions in U.S. will turn on a debate emerging in Washington
1 year, 10 months ago

Healthcare coverage for millions in U.S. will turn on a debate emerging in Washington

LA Times  

President Biden used his State of the Union speech to bait Republicans into a fight over Medicare. Biden’s plan will “ask the wealthiest to pay a little more to ensure that this program is around for at least 25 more years for our seniors who need it,” White House budget director Shalanda Young told reporters in unveiling the spending plan …

14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help from Biden
2 years, 11 months ago

14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help from Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — At least 14.5 million Americans are getting private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from the Biden administration. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans,” President Joe Biden said Thursday in a statement announcing the numbers. Separately, the Department of Health and Human Services said the …

Agonizing choices as Dems debate shrinking health care pie
3 years, 3 months ago

Agonizing choices as Dems debate shrinking health care pie

Associated Press  

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“Medicare for All” is giving Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Pete Buttigieg headaches.
55 years ago

“Medicare for All” is giving Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Pete Buttigieg headaches.

Slate  

Something was different in September 2017 when Sen. Bernie Sanders held a press conference to unveil his latest version of single-payer, or “Medicare for All,” legislation. As of now, among the contenders who have even a microscopic chance of winning, only Sanders and Warren still support single-payer health care legislation, the former more effusively than the latter. Warren’s most notable …

Democrats Spar Over Private Health Insurance At Presidential Debate
5 years, 3 months ago

Democrats Spar Over Private Health Insurance At Presidential Debate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Leading Democratic presidential candidates sought to differentiate themselves on health care at a Houston debate Thursday by vying to find out what scares voters more: the potential for higher taxes or to continue to be subject to the whims of the private health insurance system. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are the lone remaining full-throated supporters of …

Health Care: See Where The 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand
5 years, 4 months ago

Health Care: See Where The 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand

NPR  

Health Care: See Where The 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand Enlarge this image Photo illustration: Getty Images and Renee Klahr/NPR Photo illustration: Getty Images and Renee Klahr/NPR Editor's Note on April 8, 2020: With the Democratic primary now down to one candidate, we're no longer updating the below graphic. Health care helped propel Democrats to victory in a wave of elections …

Sanders: Medicare for All means more taxes, better coverage
5 years, 4 months ago

Sanders: Medicare for All means more taxes, better coverage

Associated Press  

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For Democrats, a shift toward the middle on health care
5 years, 4 months ago

For Democrats, a shift toward the middle on health care

Associated Press  

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John Delaney Actually Perfectly Embodies How the “Medicare for All” Movement Has Succeeded
55 years ago

John Delaney Actually Perfectly Embodies How the “Medicare for All” Movement Has Succeeded

Slate  

If you want to understand how the Medicare for All movement has utterly transformed the Democratic debate about health care—and why it’s almost certainly doomed to fail in Congress—consider John Delaney. On Tuesday, Warren accused him of recycling Republican talking points, and later leveled him with her most memorable line of the night: “You know,” she said, “I don’t understand …

The Detroit Debate Quickly Turned Into A Big Scrum Over Health Care
5 years, 5 months ago

The Detroit Debate Quickly Turned Into A Big Scrum Over Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DETROIT ― If you want to know what an argument about “Medicare for All” would look like in a general election, the Democratic primary debate on Tuesday gave you a pretty good preview. When Rep. Tim Ryan suggested Sanders didn’t understand the proposal, the Vermont senator shot back: “I wrote the damn bill.” Sanders also challenged Tapper, …

This Poll Shows Why Some Democrats Are Skittish About 'Medicare For All'
5 years, 5 months ago

This Poll Shows Why Some Democrats Are Skittish About 'Medicare For All'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Health care has proven to be an early flashpoint in the Democratic presidential primary, as progressives champion a single-payer, “Medicare for All” program and centrists favor reforms to the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Bernie Sanders and other backers of single-payer, Medicare for All plans maintain that eliminating the for-profit health insurance industry and guaranteeing all U.S. residents …

Kamala Harris’ new health plan draws critics from all sides
5 years, 5 months ago

Kamala Harris’ new health plan draws critics from all sides

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris released a health care proposal on Monday that sought to bridge the Democratic Party’s disparate factions. “This new, have-it-every-which-way approach pushes the extremely challenging implementation of the Medicare for All part of this plan ten years into the future, meaning it would not occur on the watch of even a two-term administration,” said Biden’s deputy campaign …

Joe Biden draws line against progressives on health care
5 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden draws line against progressives on health care

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending the Affordable Care Act, challenging not just President Donald Trump but also some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination who want to replace the current insurance system with a fully government-run model. “I think one of the most significant things we’ve done in our administration …

Joe Biden Likens 'Medicare For All' To GOP Obamacare Repeal
5 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden Likens 'Medicare For All' To GOP Obamacare Repeal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Vice President Joe Biden is waging a two-front fight on health care reform by vowing in his latest presidential campaign proposal to protect the Affordable Care Act from Republicans and Democrats alike. In announcing his plans to shore up Obamacare Monday, Biden equated Republican efforts to repeal the law with plans from other Democratic presidential contenders …

Joe Biden unveils his alternative to ‘Medicare for all’
5 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden unveils his alternative to ‘Medicare for all’

LA Times  

Joe Biden unveiled a robust plan to expand Obamacare by adding a public program that all Americans could choose, as the former vice president argued Monday that medical insurance can be made universally accessible without scrapping the nation’s current model of delivering healthcare. The Biden plan would provide tens of billions of dollars in new healthcare spending in a bid …

Democrats grapple with fully embracing Medicare for All
5 years, 7 months ago

Democrats grapple with fully embracing Medicare for All

Associated Press  

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Dems cry foul as Trump calls for striking down ‘Obamacare’
5 years, 9 months ago

Dems cry foul as Trump calls for striking down ‘Obamacare’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has told a federal appeals court it wants the entire Affordable Care Act struck down, an outcome that could leave millions uninsured and re-ignite a winning political issue for Democrats. The administration, in a terse filing Monday with the court in New Orleans, said it agrees that former President Barack Obama’s health care law should …

How Bernie Sanders is turning ‘Medicare for All’ into a major 2020 liberal litmus test
5 years, 10 months ago

How Bernie Sanders is turning ‘Medicare for All’ into a major 2020 liberal litmus test

CNN  

CNN — In 2016, when Bernie Sanders proposed the idea of getting rid of all private health care insurance in favor of a national system run by the federal government, Hillary Clinton repeatedly mocked both him and the idea. But that poll question – and the broader debate over “Medicare for All” – left out one critical piece of information: …

Beyond 'Bumper Sticker' Slogans: 2020 Democrats Debate Details Of Medicare-For-All
5 years, 10 months ago

Beyond 'Bumper Sticker' Slogans: 2020 Democrats Debate Details Of Medicare-For-All

NPR  

Beyond 'Bumper Sticker' Slogans: 2020 Democrats Debate Details Of Medicare-For-All Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Bernie Sanders is back, but one of his signature policies never left. Sponsor Message At the other, more moderate end of the spectrum, Klobuchar said she's for the broad goal of "universal health care," and did get specific on …

2 Liberal Democrats Are Promoting A Twist On 'Medicare For All'
5 years, 10 months ago

2 Liberal Democrats Are Promoting A Twist On 'Medicare For All'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rosa DeLauro has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1991, which means she was there when Democrats tried to pass comprehensive health care legislation ― first unsuccessfully, when Bill Clinton was president, and then successfully, when it was Barack Obama’s turn. Alex Brandon/ASSOCIATED PRESS The legislation, which DeLauro and Schakowsky are calling “Medicare …

Democratic anxieties over ‘Medicare for all’ kick off first 2020 primary fight
5 years, 11 months ago

Democratic anxieties over ‘Medicare for all’ kick off first 2020 primary fight

CNN  

CNN — The fight to preserve Obamacare kept ambitious Democrats in near lockstep during the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is expected to announce a second presidential run soon, has been customarily unequivocal, tweeting last week that “Medicare for all will be opposed by all of the special interests—drug companies, insurance companies, Wall Street—who …

Democrats are all over the map on everything
5 years, 11 months ago

Democrats are all over the map on everything

CNN  

CNN — Democrats are all over the map this year. Note: We don’t know a lot yet since many of these people have said they support universal health care, for instance, but haven’t said how they’ll get there. “No, I don’t.” Elizabeth Warren claims to be a capitalist to her core, but she’s made a career of holding Wall Street …

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