Moments ago in New Hampshire, Joe Biden made clear what is at stake in this election when in comes to health care.
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Joe Biden stood by Barack Obama's side in the fight to secure Obamacare.
Thanks to Obamacare:
100 mil Americans w pre-existing conditions no longer can be denied coverage
20 mil Americans gained coverage (50k Granite Staters just due to Medicaid expansion alone #FITN)
Thanks to Obamacare:
100 mil Americans w pre-existing conditions no longer can be denied coverage
20 mil Americans gained coverage (50k Granite Staters just due to Medicaid expansion alone #FITN)
Thanks to Obamacare:
Kids can stay on parents' plans until age 26
Insurers can no longer place lifetime or annual caps on coverage
Kids can stay on parents' plans until age 26
Insurers can no longer place lifetime or annual caps on coverage
Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have spent
EVERY
SINGLE
DAY
since Obamacare was passed trying to get rid of it.
EVERY
SINGLE
DAY
since Obamacare was passed trying to get rid of it.
Joe Biden won't let anyone - Republican or Democrat - reverse the progress we made via Obamacare.
Instead, Biden has a plan to PROTECT and BUILD on Obamacare.
Instead, Biden has a plan to PROTECT and BUILD on Obamacare.
The Biden plan is the best way forward to build on Obamacare with a Medicare-like public option.
It will:
Lower co-pays and deductibles
Allow you to keep your private insurance
Get prescription drug prices under control
It will:
Lower co-pays and deductibles
Allow you to keep your private insurance
Get prescription drug prices under control
The Biden health care plan will cost around $750 billion over ten years.
And it won't require a middle class tax increase.
That's a lot of money -- but it isn't the $30 trillion + that Medicare for All will cost.
And it won't require a middle class tax increase.
That's a lot of money -- but it isn't the $30 trillion + that Medicare for All will cost.
Here's maybe the most important thing about the Biden health plan:
He can get it passed through the Congress.
And he can get it done right away.
Sanders has been talking about single payer for over 30 years and he hasn't moved the ball an inch in Congress.
He can get it passed through the Congress.
And he can get it done right away.
Sanders has been talking about single payer for over 30 years and he hasn't moved the ball an inch in Congress.
Sanders' Medicare for All plan isn't going anywhere now.
Pelosi isn't for it.
Most Democrats in Congress aren't for it.
How's he actually going to get it done?
Pelosi isn't for it.
Most Democrats in Congress aren't for it.
How's he actually going to get it done?
We don't have to guess who has the better approach when it comes to making progress on health care. We have receipts from the 2018 midterms.
In 2018, 30 of 39 Dems who won the toughest races opposed M4A.
They are the Dems that won us back the majority in the House.
In 2018, 30 of 39 Dems who won the toughest races opposed M4A.
They are the Dems that won us back the majority in the House.
If you are looking for real progressive chang on health care, real change - not just talk - Joe Biden is your candidate.
He's the only one in this race who has gotten big health reform passed through Congress.
It was called Obamacare.
As president, he'll build on Obamacare.
He's the only one in this race who has gotten big health reform passed through Congress.
It was called Obamacare.
As president, he'll build on Obamacare.
I've worked for Joe Biden for about a decade now and I can guarantee you this:
Health care is personal for Joe Biden. As president, he'll fight for your family's health care as if it were his own.
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Health care is personal for Joe Biden. As president, he'll fight for your family's health care as if it were his own.
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