Mr. Biden, detailing his health care plan in Iowa, paraphrased a notorious promise made by Mr. Obama: “If you like your private insurance, you can keep it.”
Month: July 2019
Biden pitches new subsidies, public option in health care plan
Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled his 2020 White House campaign's health care plan on Monday, with a goal of protecting and building on ObamaCare by adding a public option. Unlike several ...
Biden reveals healthcare plan piggybacking on ACA
The marquee item in Biden's healthcare pitch is to supplement ACA coverage by adding a "public option" for Americans to be able to buy into a Medicare-like system
Biden unveils health plan, sharpening fight among Democrats
The former vice president’s embrace of the ACA clashes with rivals pushing Medicare-for-all.
The Trump administration’s incompetence just blocked a major victory by the religious right
A federal appeals court struck down Trump administration regulations on Friday that allow virtually any employer to exempt itself from federal rules requiring employer health plans to cover birth control.
This decision is only limited cause for celebration among public health advocates. Judge Patty Shwartz, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge who wrote the opinion, is an Obama appointee. The two judges who joined her opinion in Pennsylvania v. Presiden...
Is Obamacare at risk at being ruled unconstitutional?
A federal appeals court could soon declare the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional. Dr. Corey Hébert joins Joy Reid to discuss.
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Sanders hits back at Biden over criticism of Medicare for All
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hit back at fellow presidential hopeful Joe Biden after the former vice president criticized his "Medicare for All" plan.Sanders took aim at Biden for saying that transitioning to his he...
Federal appeals court blocks Trump administration’s efforts to roll back free birth control
Cost-free birth control for thousands is safe for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive mandate.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a district court decision issued in January that blocked regulations to allow virtually all employers to opt out of covering workers’ birth control for religious or moral reasons. The Department of Health and Human ...
‘It works out actually better’: When Trump loses, he’s quick to tout Plan B as the real victory
From his failed efforts to repeal Obamacare to Republicans’ loss of the House majority in 2018, Trump has proven adept at seeing — and promoting — the bright side of failure.