Politics Feb 25 Democrats debate whether Medicare for All is liability in 2020 election By Associated Press
Health Nov 07 Watch 6:05 Amid roiling health care debate, the share of uninsured Americans is growing Health care is a top 2020 political issue. Democratic candidates are debating whether to build upon the Affordable Care Act, or 'Obamacare,' or replace it with Medicare for All. Meanwhile, President Trump wants to dismantle the ACA entirely. As millions…
Politics Nov 01 Biden says Warren ‘is making it up’ on ‘Medicare For All’ payment Former Vice President Joe Biden attacked Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s new health care plan Friday, saying his chief 2020 Democratic rival was obscuring the real costs of her $20 trillion "Medicare for All” proposal. By Daniel Bush
Politics Nov 01 Warren releases plan to fund ‘Medicare for All’ The Massachusetts senator famously "has a plan" for everything, but details of how she'd pay for her health plan come with far higher political stakes. By Will Weissert, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
Politics Oct 15 2020 Democratic candidates challenge Warren on how she’ll fund ‘Medicare for All’ plan Warren has refused to directly answer when asked how she'd pay for her proposal, and during Tuesday night's presidential debate, she once again dodged, insisting only that "costs will go down" for the middle class. By Steve Peoples, Will Weissert, Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Oct 05 Column: How the US could afford ‘Medicare for all’ By Gerald Friedman, The Conversation There is a simpler and less costly path toward single-payer, and it may have a better chance of success: simply strike the words “who are age 65 or over” from the 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act that created… Continue reading
Oct 03 Column: What seniors should know about Trump’s Medicare executive order By Philip Moeller The executive order has been billed as the president’s alternative to Democrats’ Medicare for All plans. Continue reading
Jul 31 2020 Democrats are test-driving health care plans. Here’s what the Trump administration says By Laura Santhanam Democratic contenders have released an array of plans to improve access to health care -- with several championing Medicare for All, or another single-payer option -- and President Donald Trump and Republicans are eager to knock them down. Continue reading
Jul 31 Fact check: Democrats make some questionable health care claims in presidential debate By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News As the candidates laid out their ideas about health care in the second Democratic debates, not all of their claims fully stood up to scrutiny. Continue reading
Jul 30 Fact check: The first night of the 2020 Democratic debates in Detroit Did what candidates said the first night of the Democratic debate in Detroit hold up?… Continue reading