Biden and Sanders cancel rallies over coronavirus concerns – live

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Sanders and Biden call off Ohio events to heed public warnings
Joe Biden aims to cement lead in crucial Democratic primaries
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Asked whether Trump — a self-described germaphobe — would continue to shake hands with people amidst the spread of coronavirus, the vice president said he expects so.
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The Daily 202: The coronavirus crisis plays to a strength, and weakness, of both Sanders and Biden

March 10, 2020 News

Michigan Democrats say they appreciate Biden’s steady hand and Sanders’s Medicare-for-all plan.

Biden cites delays, cost when asked about Medicare for All veto

March 10, 2020 News

Joe Biden pointed to "delays" and "cost" when asked in a new interview if he would veto a Medicare for All proposal championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), his rival in the Democratic presidential primary, if elected t...

Obama strikes a serious tone in video celebrating Obamacare anniversary

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 News

With the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act fast approaching, former President Barack Obama highlighted the landmark health reform law's benefits in a new video released Tuesday.

CNN

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Pelosi, Seeking to Insulate House Majority, Presses Plan to Lower Health Costs

March 9, 2020March 10, 2020 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Medicare, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Sanders, Bernard, United States Politics and Government

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan is aimed at distancing vulnerable Democrats from Medicare for All and other proposals being pushed by the party’s presidential contenders.

30 million lack health insurance as coronavirus outbreak spreads

March 7, 2020 News

Donald Trump may attempt an Obamacare repeal despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, according to recent statements made by the president. Joy Reid and her panel discuss America’s healthcare crisis.
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Melbourne professor quits after health department pressures her over data breach

March 7, 2020 News

Vanessa Teague reported on a dataset of Medicare and PBS payments that was supposed to be anonymous but wasn’t
A prominent university professor has quit after the health department pressured her university to stop her speaking out about the Medicare and PBS history of over 2.5 million Australians being re-identifiable online due to a government bungle.
In 2016, Vanessa Teague, a cryptographer from the University of Melbourne, and two of her colleagues reported on a dataset, published on an open government data website by the federal government, of 2.5m Australians’ Medicare and PBS payment history dating back to 1984 that had supposedly been de-identified so people were anonymous.
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Supreme Court to hear another conservative challenge to Obamacare in the fall

March 6, 2020 News

The Supreme Court will take a look at another challenge of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in the fall.

USA Today

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Trump again walks back remarks on cutting Social Security

March 6, 2020 News

President Trump on Friday vowed to protect Social Security and Medicare after appearing to say at a town hall the night before that he would look to cut funding for those types of programs if elected to a second term....

Trump discovers (limited) Medicare for all amid coronavirus crisis

March 5, 2020 News

Senator Bernie Sanders notes that even the Trump administration realizes the necessity of people with coronavirus symptoms being able to afford to see a doctor, and they've found a familiar solution to make that possible.
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