a Medicare-administered public option that, as Ella Nilsen explains, “would cover a range of people, including low-income Americans who are not eligible for Medicaid, and anyone who elects to choose the public option from the Affordable Care Act exchanges. Those who currently get health insurance from their employers would also be eligible.”
Medicare would directly negotiate the cost of prescription drug prices for all public and private purchasers.
The age to enroll in Medicare would be lowered from 65 to 60, and older Americans could choose between their employer-provided health insurance, Medicare, or a public option.
Plus a bunch of really well thought out and researched ways of increasing coverage while decreasing costs.
It is a solid, empathic plan that would expand on the ACA and give better coverage to more and more people.
But more than having a plan, Biden has made health care a priority.
Biden understands, from a personal point of view, how important healthcare is for every American.
Joe Biden is a deeply empathic man who genuinely cares about the wellbeing of all Americans.
When Beau was struggling with cancer and facing the end of his life, he and Jill discussed taking out a second mortgage on their home to help Beau if insurance didn’t cover enough.
Joe understands that, as tough as that option would have been, it is one many Americans don’t even have.
Joe helped get the votes needed for the ACA in the Senate and he understood what a big deal this was when he and Obama passed it. You may recall this moment:
Joe will fight for our healthcare. It is personal to him. It is important to him. It is central to who he is. He knows healthcare is a BFD.
Joe Biden will be a great president.