In one of his first proposals since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden is wading back into the roiling waters of health policy.
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Biden And His Incremental Medicare Play For Bernie’s Backers
Posted on 14 April 2020.
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Why ‘Medicare For All’ Better Cost More
Posted on 03 September 2018.
Recent polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests that more than half of all Americans support a national health plan, an increase from 40 percent 20 years ago.
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Is Medicare For All Good For Everyone?
Posted on 01 August 2018.
The health care system that Secretary Verma sees is far from the reality that most Americans experience daily. They have no data, no power, and costly copayments.
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Bernie Sanders overpromises, again
Posted on 01 March 2017.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., introduced legislation to boost the Social Security benefit levels for seniors and strengthen the finances of the vital program.
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Why Social Security faces a certain crisis
Posted on 07 June 2016.
In February, polling data revealed that questions surrounding the long-term financial stability of Social Security have pushed the program ahead of joblessness as the top economic concern of the voting public.
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Sen. Sanders seeks funding increase for seniors
Posted on 20 April 2015.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling for a 12 percent funding increase for programs that provide meals, transportation and other services to senior citizens. Sanders got 32 other senators to sign a letter to the Appropriations Committee asking for $225 million in new money to fund the Older Americans Act. He […]
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