A new Morning Consult poll shows that “Medicare for All” falls just short of majority support (47%) — but that 31% of Republicans support the policy, which is being championed by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and other 2020 Democratic candidates.
The question for 2020 is whether the Democrats will quietly champion a manageable national health plan or allow their avant-garde ideological ambitions to get the best of them.
Sen. Bill Cassidy revealed that he continues to work on his own proposal based on the successful CHIP program and would allow states to design their own healthcare plans.
UnitedHealth CEO Dave Wichmann chastised Democrats’ Medicare for All plan Tuesday, contending that it would have a “severe” impact on the economy and jobs and would not increase access to health care.
Joe Biden, preparing to run for president in 2020, recently told reporters: “I’m an Obama-Biden Democrat, man. And I’m proud of it.”
If the healthcare issue is due for a revival, as President Donald Trump is indicating, then it’s worth recalling, and seeking to learn from, some of the pitfalls that befell the big and ambitious healthcare plan of his predecessor, Barack Obama.
House Republican chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) told Breitbart News Daily on Friday that Democrats continue to propagate the “big lie” that Republicans want to eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions, despite the numerous times Republicans voted to protect Americans who have these conditions.
White House principal deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told Breitbart News Daily that Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan amounts to a “complete and total joke,” whereas Republicans will offer a plan that will lower healthcare costs and offer more options for Americans.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that he believes that health care will be the defining issue of the 2020 presidential election.
President Donald Trump’s administration has provided the nonprofit foundation arm of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) with more than $111 million in a variety of taxpayer-funded grants and contracts.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Colin Allred (D-TX) stated that “to fulfill an empty, partisan promise,” the Trump administration is working to strike down the Affordable Care Act in court. Transcript as Follows: “Hey everybody, I’m Congressman Colin Allred. I
Democrats hammered the GOP on healthcare in 2018, and without a doubt, they look forward to running on healthcare, again, in 2020. And from their point of view, why shouldn’t they?
Henry Olsen, Washington Post columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, told Breitbart News that President Trump’s re-election chances in 2020 may hinge on the Republican Party’s ability to propose a healthcare bill prioritizing “patient care” over “cost.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told President Trump that the Affordable Care Act will not be repealed or replaced until after the 2020 election.
House Democrats voted Wednesday to condemn the Donald Trump administration’s support for a lawsuit that would entirely repeal Obamacare.
“You got to confront it!” he said. “Republicans should not run away from health care, you can’t do it, you’re going to be clobbered.”
Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL), Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced legislation Tuesday to combat the rising cost of prescription drugs and increase transparency in the health care industry.
“Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate and win back the House,” Trump wrote. “It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America.”
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) predicted “thousands of people” would “literally die” if President Donald Trump uses the courts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. Sanders said, “Trump has an idea on health care.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he doesn’t support the “incremental” approach to health care favored by some Democrats.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation Friday to increase transparency in drug pricing and lower the cost of prescription drugs for American consumers.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that Republicans needs to “force the conversation” of healthcare reform onto the industry’s back, contending that if the industry does not change, Medicare for All will win.
“I have asked John Barrasso, Bill Cassidy, who is a terrific health care person, Rick Scott, and others to form a really great plan,” Trump said.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that Republicans have failed to stop Obamacare’s passage and repeal Obamacare because the GOP has often been “apologists for the health care industry” and benefitted from the health care “gravy-train.”
President Trump already has significant achievements on health care that can be summarized as follows: more choice, lower prices, life-saving drugs.
“Obamacare is a disaster, it’s too expensive by far, people can’t afford it and the deductible is horrible,” Trump said.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) said the Trump administrations decision to back a lawsuit challenging the 2010 health care law meant Republicans who campaigned in 2018 on defending pre-existing condition protections “lied.” Abrams said,
The Trump-Barr Department of Justice (DOJ) informed a federal appeals court on Monday that it agrees with Texas and the other states suing over Obamacare that President Donald Trump’s repealing of the individual mandate renders the entire law unconstitutional, and therefore should be struck down in its entirety.
“The Republican Party will soon be known as the party of health care,” Trump said to reporters on Capitol Hill. “You watch.”
Former Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey (R-NY) warned that Medicare for All proposals would cause doctors to “avoid seniors like the plague.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday called out critics of President Trump who are using his remarks about the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to attack him.
“I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be,” he said at the White House.
Failed former Speaker Paul Ryan backtracked on his comments on Wednesday and blamed Democrats and the media for injecting “personality” into the elections, not President Donald Trump.
Pop icon and left-wing activist Cher lauded Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for fighting against “bully” President Donald Trump at an event for International Women’s Day.
Over 100 Democrats introduced their “Medicare for All” proposal on Feb. 27. It takes away private health insurance — and that’s just the beginning.
“Medicare for All” would eliminate private health insurance — including individual and employer-provided insurance — within two years.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a little-noticed report last week that confirms what Obamacare critics said from Day One: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates for the cost and impact of the Affordable Care Act were off by enormous margins. American voters should carefully consider this object lesson when evaluating all socialist promises.
Hillary Clinton warned of “real national emergencies” that included “Americans dying for lack of health care,” despite Obamacare remaining in place.
Voter support for “Medicare for All” has collapsed by 50 percent over the last month, according to the latest polling from Politico/Morning Consult.
A White House study released on Friday found that President Donald Trump’s Obamacare reforms will save Americans roughly $450 billion over the next ten years.
