Biden courts Sanders voters with student loan, healthcare policies

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 News, topNews

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday proposed expanding access to Medicare and forgiving some student debt in new overtures to supporters of onetime rival Bernie Sanders.

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Biden adopts parts of Sanders’ policies on health care and student debt

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 News

Biden said he now favors dropping the Medicare eligibility age by five years.

Biden releases plans to expand Medicare, forgive student debt

April 9, 2020 News

Former Vice President Joe Biden released plans to expand Medicare eligibility and forgive some student debt as he works to unite a fractured Democratic base behind his presumptive 2020 presidential nomination.Biden...

Biden, Seeking Democratic Unity, Reaches Left Toward Sanders’s Ideas

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, News, Sanders, Bernard

Looking to appeal to Bernie Sanders’s supporters, Joe Biden announced proposals to lower the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 and to expand student debt forgiveness programs.

Bernie Sanders ends 2020 campaign, handing nomination to Biden

April 8, 2020 News

Mr. Sanders spearheaded many of the social policies that dominated the Democratic primary, including a universal health care plan, tuition-free public college, a $15 minimum wage, and sweeping efforts to fight climate change under the "Green New Deal."

Trump’s fight against Obamacare continues despite coronavirus crisis

April 4, 2020 News

Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages, President Donald Trump and top Republicans are pressing forward with efforts to further undermine the nation's already compromised health care system.

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Medicare For All Coronavirus Patients? But Who Exactly Qualifies?

April 4, 2020 News

The Trump administration decided against opening special window for Affordable Care Act sign ups. "It's like they're twisting themselves into pretzels to avoid anything" Obamacare, said one.
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Covid-19 expanded telemedicine measures that we’ve needed for years

April 3, 2020 Ideas, Medicare, News

This week, the US federal government said it would lift restrictions on telemedicine services for seniors under Medicare. The new measures facilitate radical changes in the way medicine is delivered, enabling patients to access hospital-level medical care outside of hospitals—in schools, hotels, and homes.
The way medicine works today has changed significantly since most regulations were put in place, and with it, the business of medicine. The above is an unprecedented move...

FACT CHECK: Money-To-Hospitals Plan To Treat Coronavirus Patients Could Face Problems

April 3, 2020 News

Instead of reopening health care exchanges for those who don't qualify for Medicaid and don't have employer-based insurance, Trump is proposing paying hospitals directly. But it might not be enough.
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Seattle-Area Nursing Home Linked to Dozens Of Coronavirus Deaths Faces $600,000 Fine

April 3, 2020 News

Life Care Center of Kirkland was told by federal authorities it would be assessed fines of $13,585 per day from Feb. 12 through March 27. The nursing home is linked to at least 37 COVID-19 deaths.
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