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This is precisely what @JoeBiden has in mind...and it's just as well, since there's zero chance of anything close to M4All happening in the near future without much larger margins in the House *and* Senate anyway.
Here, again, is what #BidenCare would look like based on the plan he campaigned on (any actual healthcare reform bill would no doubt look somewhat different by the time it actually passed/was signed into law):
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Here's a table showing how much a 40-year old couple w/2 kids would pay (on avg.) in both premiums & deductibles under #BidenCare compared to the current ACA subsidy structure at different income levels.
Depending on their income, they'd save up to $14,000/year.
Depending on their income, they'd save up to $14,000/year.
đź“Ł Since @NikkiHaley decided to remind everyone that @NeeraTanden's organization, @AmProg, produced a universal healthcare plan called "Medicare Extra for All", let's take a look at the plan (which was actually spearheaded by @TopherSpiro, I believe). 1/
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Note: I wrote up my analysis of Medicare Extra for All (#MEFA) back in February 2018, and in May 2019 I wrote an analysis of the House bill largely based on it, #MedicareForAmerica, sponsored by @RosaDelauro & @RepSchakowsky. 2/
Full disclosure: From June 2019 - last month, I was contracted w/@AmProg to do part-time healthcare analysis. However, my analyses of both #MEFA & #MedicareForAmerica were done prior to this, and this thread is being written after my contract expired) 3/
AGAIN: I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but like it or not, ANY federal legislation will almost certainly require Joe Manchin's blessing to get signed into law whether Dems flip the GA Senate seats or not.
Posting posting photos of him being glared at isn't going to change that.
Posting posting photos of him being glared at isn't going to change that.
Manchin has already stated that killing the filibuster is a non-starter. He's proposing a different rule in which any legislation which has bipartisan Senate support (via a committee) would have to be given a floor vote, which would at least be a partial improvement, I suppose.
This, again, is why I'm guessing the full #BidenCare proposal is unlikely to make it through. The #ACA2.0 part probably would, however.
A full PO is unlikely. Lowering the Medicare buy-in age to 60 is a possibility (which I suspect is why Biden included it in the first place).
A full PO is unlikely. Lowering the Medicare buy-in age to 60 is a possibility (which I suspect is why Biden included it in the first place).
(sigh) Once Again: Yes. She. Is.
Here (again) is my deep dive into #Med4America, the universal healthcare coverage bill introduced by @rosadelauro & @RepSchakowsky, endorsed by @BetoORourke, which is largely based on @amprog's #MedicareExtra4All proposal:
acasignups.net/20/04/10/reall…
Here (again) is my deep dive into #Med4America, the universal healthcare coverage bill introduced by @rosadelauro & @RepSchakowsky, endorsed by @BetoORourke, which is largely based on @amprog's #MedicareExtra4All proposal:
acasignups.net/20/04/10/reall…
Furthermore, @KamalaHarris' own universal healthcare plan from the primaries (which she also branded "Medicare for All", much to Bernie's dismay) shared many similarities with #Med4America & #MedExtra4All.
acasignups.net/19/07/29/updat…
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Of course, even if Dems flip *both* GA Senate seats in January, nothing *close* to M4All, MedExtra4All *or* Med4America is gonna get passed before 2023 anyway; we'll be very lucky to get #BidenCare passed in anything close to its' current form, which makes this a bit academic.
This is something I've caught some heat from other healthcare advocates over.
I *hate* #ShortAssPlans & would prefer to ban them...but only *after* we #KillTheCliff & beef up the APTC formula. Until then they're a necessary evil, though they should be strongly discouraged.
I *hate* #ShortAssPlans & would prefer to ban them...but only *after* we #KillTheCliff & beef up the APTC formula. Until then they're a necessary evil, though they should be strongly discouraged.
ACA plans are affordable for those earning up to 200% FPL & for most earning 200-400% FPL, but are unaffordable for many earning >400% FPL due to the subsidy cut-off.
#ShortAssPlans suck, but until the 400% cut-off is removed, they're a kinda/sorta viable option for those folks.
#ShortAssPlans suck, but until the 400% cut-off is removed, they're a kinda/sorta viable option for those folks.
The ACTUAL solution is to #KillTheCliff, which @HouseDemocrats did in July & which is a core provision of #BidenCare...@dylanlscott's point is that if killing the 400% cut-off isn't doable, #ShortAssPlans may continue to be a necessary evil for some people.
THREAD: The other day @paulkrugman correctly noted that assuming the Trump/GOP lawsuit to strike down the #ACA fails, @JoeBiden's healthcare proposal (which basically amounts to #ACA2wPO) would be a Big F*cking Deal: nytimes.com/2020/10/05/opi… 1/
Krugman notes that most of the #BidenCare focus has been on the Public Option which "in the near term would be much less important than other aspects of the plan."
The "other parts" he's referring to are primarily the "ACA 2.0" parts which I've been calling for for years. 2/
The "other parts" he's referring to are primarily the "ACA 2.0" parts which I've been calling for for years. 2/
As I noted in my updated analysis of #BidenCare, while there's a LOT going on in his plan, the parts Krugman refers to include killing the subsidy cliff, beefing up the subsidies, upgrading from silver to gold & autoenrolling low-income folks: 3/
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đź“Ł In light of both @thehowie & @pbump's comments: A couple of years back I crated a video explainer re. how the #ACA's 3-legged stool works and why covering pre-existing conditions w/out the rest of the ACA in place is a recipe for disaster. 1/
It's a bit out of date (it predates the mandate penalty actually being zeroed out by the GOP), but it's still a good overview:
Here's what the #ACA's 3-legged stool was originally supposed to look like. When people talk about "protections for coverage of pre-existing conditions", they're basically talking about the Blue Leg on the left:
#BidenCare Revisited: Let's take another look at what Uncle Joe has in mind for healthcare! acasignups.net/20/07/22/biden…
Examples of how much you'd save:
A single 30-yr old, no kids:
--If they earn $20K/year, they'd go from paying $74/month to just $7/month
--If they earn $30K, they'd go from paying $197/mo to $104/mo *and* their deductible would drop from $3,600 to $1,500
A single 30-yr old, no kids:
--If they earn $20K/year, they'd go from paying $74/month to just $7/month
--If they earn $30K, they'd go from paying $197/mo to $104/mo *and* their deductible would drop from $3,600 to $1,500
--If they earn $40K, they'd go from $329/mo to $212/mo and their deductible would drop from $4,500 to $1,500
--If they earn $50K, they'd go from $410/mo to $346/mo and their deductible would drop from $4,500 to $1,500
--If they earn $50K, they'd go from $410/mo to $346/mo and their deductible would drop from $4,500 to $1,500
BREAKING: 30 @CCIAction and @IAStudentAction members are refusing to leave @JoeBiden’s statewide headquarters in Des Moines over his lies about #MedicareForAll and his ties to the insurance company CEOs who are funding his campaign.
We are members of @CCIAction and Iowa Student Action. We are sick and tired of seeing our families, friends, and neighbors suffer under the cruelty of a healthcare system dominated by greed. And we are tired of experiencing this cruelty in our own lives.
We are here today because Vice President @JoeBiden is lying about #MedicareForAll and doing the bidding of health insurance executives and CEOs. We have tried to talk with Biden for 9 months, but all of our calls and emails have been ignored.
