Andy Slavitt, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, talks with Rachel Maddow about the threat of COVID-19 to U.S. nursing homes and log term care facilities and what steps the federal government should be taking to
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Slavitt: Democrats and GOP need to and hammer out a deal
Andy Slavitt, the former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, says Democrats and Republicans need to get a coronavirus relief deal done, but that it must help low income Americans and healthcare workers.
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Trump signs first coronavirus aid bill
President Trump signed a $100 billion bill aimed at mitigating the economic fallout of coronavirus. It guarantees paid sick leave and free coronavirus testing, and adds funding for Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food aid. It comes amid fears of
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Andy Slavitt: ‘It’s #stayhome’
Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, says people staying in their homes is the best way to slow the spread of coronavirus.
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30 million lack health insurance as coronavirus outbreak spreads
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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Trump discovers (limited) Medicare for all amid coronavirus crisis
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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Biden on Sanders’ Medicare for All: ‘I respect the fact that he wants to do it, but level with the American people’
Former Vice President Joe Biden tells Lawrence O’Donnell that his plan to expand health care under Obamacare is more feasible than Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All, which he believes will not pass in Congress: “I’ve laid out exactly how to pay for it, and
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Supreme Court to take up challenge to Obamacare in new term
The Supreme Court said it will take up the challenge to Obamacare and agreed to hear the case in its new term this October, NBC News' Pete Williams reports.
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Sanders Campaign Senior Adviser: Medicare For All Saves “a substantial amount of money”
Senior Adviser to the Bernie Sanders Campaign, Jeff Weaver, joins Craig Melvin to talk South Carolina strategy and Medicare for All.
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Congresswoman continues to push for Medicare for all
Health Policy Chair for Sen. Sanders presidential campaign, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., joins Morning Joe to discuss her impressions of the Nevada caucuses and her thoughts on Medicare for All a year after she introduced a bill in the House.
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