The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting entitlement programs.
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No Obamacare replacement 3 years after Trump’s promise to ‘immediately’ change it
Nearly three years after taking office, Americans still are waiting for Trump's big health insurance reveal. Prescription drug prices have edged lower, but with major legislation stuck in Congress it's unclear if that relief is the start of a trend or merely a blip.
Democrats Love Free College, Until You Offer Them More Options
A new survey finds that Democrats haven’t fully embraced progressive policy proposals like Medicare for all.
House Votes to Give the Government the Power to Negotiate Drug Prices
The high-profile measure would curb the price of prescription drugs and extend more benefits to Medicare beneficiaries.
Are Democrats Willing to Pay More in Taxes for Medicare for All?
Elizabeth Warren has declined to acknowledge that middle-class taxes would need to go up to pay for a single-payer health care system. How would Democratic voters feel if she did?
Trump Uses Health Care Announcement to Brand Democrats as Socialists
At the nation’s largest retirement community, the president announced an executive order that expands the benefits offered by private Medicare plans, contrasting it with “Medicare for all” plans.
Castro Questions Biden’s Memory at Debate: ‘Are You Forgetting What You Said Two Minutes Ago?’
Julián Castro accused the former vice president of contradicting himself on whether people would need to opt into his Medicare plan, though it did not appear he had.
Koch-linked dark money group accuses Republican Chuck Grassley of promoting socialism
A conservative dark money group has launched a series of radio ads attacking a bipartisan bill authored by the senior Republican in the United States Senate, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley.
Joining in the right’s “everything we don’t like is socialism” parade, the group suggests that by reducing the amount senior citizens and government insurance programs pay for prescription drugs, the bill is a socialistic plot that would stop pharmaceutical companies from cur...
Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works
As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.”