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NEW: Joblessness is soaring and scores of Americans are losing their health insurance during a deadly pandemic.

Here’s what they can do now — and what they could do if Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump got their way on health care.

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Biden and Trump want to keep the employer-based system of coverage. Sanders wants to end it. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Biden plan: Boost Obamacare subsidies and eligibility, create a public option and enroll those in the Medicaid coverage gap for free.

Sanders plan: Scrap the system and put everyone in Medicare; cradle-to-grave coverage with no premiums.

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Trump plan: Eliminate the ACA. Unclear what he’d prefer to replace it with. “Fundamentally it is: Let's bring things back to the pre-ACA world.” Here’s what that would look like. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
If ACA is scrapped, millions would lose coverage and insurers could return to refusing sick people or charging them more. Trump says he'll protect preexisting conditions but lacks a plan to do so. Says he's holding "meetings" to address jobless uninsured. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
The COVID-19 crisis exposes a flaw in the U.S. health care system: Half the country gets coverage from an employer but many are losing their job and cannot keep their plan.

This issue deserves more attention in the 2020 debate 👇

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
On MSNBC just now, Joe Biden tells @yasminv he still opposes Medicare for All as the coronavirus crisis grows: "Single payer will not solve that at all."
For those interested, here is @JoeBiden's full answer to @YasminV on opposing single payer health care:
On Joe Biden's steady opposition to Medicare for All, with a new response from Sanders policy chief @joshorton >> nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
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Sahil Kapur
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And @SpeakerPelosi is up on the House floor speaking about the coronavirus bill. Shouldn't be much longer before they start voting.
"This cannot be our final bill," Nancy Pelosi says on the floor, echoing a colleague who called it a "down payment."

She says there must be a fourth coronavirus bill.
"I want to thank the majority leader," Steny Hoyer says, before quickly realizing he is the majority leader.
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The Trump campaign just released a cease and desist letter demanding that TV stations immediately pull this ad. assets.donaldjtrump.com/2017/web/hero_…
Priorities USA responds:
Scoop: Priorities USA plans to expand its TV ad attacking Trump on coronavirus to ARIZONA, one day after his campaign issued cease and desist letters to take it down.

$6M buy is airing in FL MI WI PA.

Group is inquiring about rates in AZ, per a source.

nbcnews.com/politics/meet-…
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House Democrats just introduced their $2.5 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.

The 1,404 page bill: appropriations.house.gov/sites/democrat…

The one-page summary 👇
THE PELOSI CASH PLAN:

• $1,500 checks for individuals
• $3,000 for joint filers
• Extra $1,500 per kid up to 3
• Maximum $7,500 per family
• Universal for those w/ taxpayer ID # (includes seniors, unemployed)
• Individuals making $75K+ in 2020 will pay some/all of it back
This is big: House Democrats’ bill provides “minimum relief” of $10,000 for private student loan debt. The government makes the payments through the COVID-19 crisis plus six months then cuts your amount owed.
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Tonight's #DemDebate is the last one before the Iowa caucus vote.

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The candidates have joined on stage. This is the smallest #DemDebate yet, featuring Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar.
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