As poll numbers slide, Warren wrestles with Medicare for All dilemma

December 8, 2019 News, topNews

With support for Elizabeth Warren's White House bid sliding since the release last month of a divisive plan to overhaul healthcare, the Democratic presidential contender has made an effort to refocus her campaign in early-voting Iowa on her signature anti-corruption message.
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Democrats open door to repealing ObamaCare tax in spending talks

December 8, 2019 News

Senate Democrats are offering to repeal a controversial ObamaCare tax as part of a government funding deal as negotiations go on through the weekend. A congressional aide familiar with the talks told The Hill that...

Insurers take Obamacare fight to SCOTUS, demanding $12 billion from the US

December 7, 2019 ACA, Government, health insurance, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, politics

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Will Glitches In Medicare’s ‘Plan Finder’ Leave Some Seniors Stuck In The Wrong Plan?

December 6, 2019 News

Pelosi: ObamaCare could ‘be path to Medicare for All’

December 6, 2019 News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said that the Affordable Care Act could "be a path to Medicare for All" after previously ...

Pelosi: Obamacare ‘could be a path to Medicare for All’

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the process of improving the Affordable Care Act "may lead to 'Medicare for All,' " suggesting that she could prove amenable to the health care proposal that has become a rallying cry for many progressives.
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What are the Potential Effects of Medicare Buy-In?

December 5, 2019 News

Using RAND's COMPARE microsimulation model, researchers found that a Medicare buy-in proposal could offer significantly more-affordable coverage to older adults but might also lead to higher premiums for some people remaining on the individual market.

‘If you’re poor, you’re dead’: Video shows British are astonished at U.S. health care costs

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 News

Viral video of British reacting to the costs of U.S. health care is being used by some American politicians as well to call for universal health care.

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Virginia moves to suspend Medicaid work requirements

December 4, 2019 News

Virginia is moving to drop work requirements from its Medicaid program after Democrats took full control of the state legislature.

Biden: Majority of Democratic enthusiasm isn’t around Medicare for All

December 3, 2019 News

Former Vice President Joe Biden downplayed enthusiasm for "Medicare for All" within the Democratic Party on Thursday, saying the majority of the party was not behind the policy idea....