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As @realDonaldTrump set to attend G7 summit, @JoeBiden opens even in NH: "As long as this man is president -- and this is no hyperbole -- we are in trouble."
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden Now talking focus of town hall: healthcare. And of course, the Affordable Care Act. "We made significant progress. We have to finish the job," Biden says.
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden Biden ticking through specifics of his healthcare plan in NH, and veers into attempt at "I have a plan for that" territory. "I'm sounding like a real wonk here. This is detailed stuff."
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden Biden is taking Qs now. Getting well into the weeds again on drug research and pricing, leaning on the work he did for years post-WH on his cancer initiative
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden Biden said he would propose a system similar to one in Germany now where an independent panel would help set pricing for certain drugs based on assessment of research and development expense.
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden Biden asked by a med student about how he'd incentivize keeping rural hospitals open. He says: "Free tuition." Then also warns about impact of Medicare for All
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden In a long answer to a Q about climate plan, Biden suggests he's already talking to @JayInslee about the issue. Earlier in answer, he insisted he has been a leader on issue longer than anyone, citing bill he introduced in the late '80s
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden @JayInslee Biden veers into foreign policy, noting he's met most world leaders in capacity as SFRC chair, VP. Then notes he hasn't met some of the new ones, like the "heartthrob" new PM of UK. Crowd chuckles before he says: "He may be a really good guy."
@realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden @JayInslee Biden, as he often does, talking about how his political heroes - RFK, MLK - were assassinated when he was in college. Then posits, rather starkly: imagine what would have happened if Barack Obama was assassinated
