Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

[Greenbeard]

Strong message, and one that should be a centerpiece of the campaign. On the one hand, Biden/Harris can point to successful efforts to make coverage more affordable, lower the uninsurance rate, and finally get Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices.

Whereas Trump and the GOP are eyeing bans of IVF, abortion, and mifepristone, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and a renewed push to topple the Affordable Care Act (not to mention repeal the new Medicare drug price negotiation authority).

Stark contrast.

Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday promoted their health care agenda in the battleground state of North Carolina, arguing that Democrats like themselves would preserve access to care while Republicans would reverse gains made over the past decade and a half.

Fourteen years after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the White House still sees health care as a winning issue during a campaign in which Biden has sometimes found himself on the defensive when it comes to immigration or the economy. Republicans have opposed Biden’s signature initiatives to lower medical costs, and they’ve seized opportunities to restrict abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

“It’s sick. Now they want to quote, his words, terminate the ACA, as my predecessor says,” Biden said, referring to Republican former President Donald Trump. “If that were ever to happen, we’d also terminate a lot of lives as well. But we’re not going to let that happen, are we? We’re not going to let that happen.”

 

[Napoleon]

How many times do people have to be reminded that the ACA is not healthcare for it to sink in?

 

[Greenbeard]

How many times do people have to be reminded that the ACA is not healthcare for it to sink in?

Apparently not as many times as some people need to be reminded that actually, yes, it is.

 

[stealthycat]

gotta keep spreading fear - that equals votes

both sides guilty BTW

 

[DrewPaul]

Both sides are going to convince us voting for the other guy will lead to the total destruction of the country and democracy.

 

[Mycroft]

The Biden pukes keep trying to find issues to talk about, while they continue to ignore the issues that people want them to talk about.

From the economy to the climate crisis: key issues in the 2024 US election

Much is at stake as Republicans and Democrats vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, and a Biden and Trump rematch looms

www.theguardian.com

 

[mrjurrs]

Strong message, and one that should be a centerpiece of the campaign. On the one hand, Biden/Harris can point to successful efforts to make coverage more affordable, lower the uninsurance rate, and finally get Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices.

Whereas Trump and the GOP are eyeing bans of IVF, abortion, and mifepristone, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and a renewed push to topple the Affordable Care Act (not to mention repeal the new Medicare drug price negotiation authority).

Stark contrast.

Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

A clear difference between the parties. Why any woman would vote Republican this election is beyond me.

 

[Napoleon]

Apparently not as many times as some people need to be reminded that actually, yes, it is.

A website hawking private insurance policies is not healthcare.

 

[Greenbeard]

Fewer Patients Dying From Hospital Errors Since Obamacare Started

Report says about 87,000 lives have been saved since 2010.

www.huffpost.com

Yale-led Study Finds the Affordable Care Act Prevented Thousands of Colorectal Cancer Cases and Deaths

Can removing out-of-pocket costs for screening save lives? Screening for cancer and other diseases can identify the disease in its earlier stages of development

ysph.yale.edu

Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion

An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

www.medscape.com

Decreased lung cancer mortality rates linked to earlier diagnosis, study finds

CT scans and other screenings played a large role in helping to reduce the lung cancer death rate over time.

www.modernhealthcare.com

New research confirms earlier studies showing Medicaid expansion saves lives

For journalists covering the Build Back Better legislation and those in the 12 states that have yet to expand eligibility…

healthjournalism.org

Report: Babies Are More Likely to Die in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid

Infant mortality rates have dropped in expansion states and risen in nonexpansion states.

www.governing.com

Adoption of Medicaid Expansion Is Associated with Lower Maternal Mortality - PubMed

Although maternal mortality overall continues to increase in the United States, the maternal mortality ratio among Medicaid expansion states has increased much less compared with nonexpansion states. These results suggest that Medicaid expansion could be contributing to a relative decrease in...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care

Research Highlights: States that participated in the Medicaid expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act, raising the income level to be eligible for Medicaid up to 138% of the federal poverty level, improved several measures of heart disease care ...

newsroom.heart.org

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests fell under the Affordable Care Act

In Oregon, the rate of cardiac arrests happening outside of hospitals fell significantly after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of health insurance coverage, researchers report.

www.reuters.com

Medical care, health have improved for low-income adults under ACA

The Affordable Care Act's health coverage expansions have produced major improvements in medical care and health for low-income adults, including reduced out-of-pocket spending, better access to primary care and preventive services, improved self-reported health, and improved care for those with...

www.eurekalert.org

 

[samiam5211]

How many times do people have to be reminded that the ACA is not healthcare for it to sink in?

I agree. They should be talking about passing single payer health care.

 

[EdwinWillers]

gotta keep spreading fear - that equals votes

both sides guilty BTW

Absolutely.. It's common knowledge (among Democrats anyway) that Republicans hate health care and everything else good and necessary for safety, prosperity, and especially health.

/smh - one just has to wonder at the gullibility of many of our friends on the left.

 

[Greenbeard]

Absolutely.. It's common knowledge (among Democrats anyway) that Republicans hate health care and everything else good and necessary for safety, prosperity, and especially health.

Bingo.

Amid pandemic, Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to completely strike down Obamacare.

abcnews.go.com

 

[stealthycat]

Absolutely.. It's common knowledge (among Democrats anyway) that Republicans hate health care and everything else good and necessary for safety, prosperity, and especially health.

/smh - one just has to wonder at the gullibility of many of our friends on the left.

I just know since Obamacare my premiums have soared, my co-pay's have soared and my coverages have went down.

I don't hate healthcare, I think you should earn and buy as good a coverage as you want to ! your body, your choice.

 

[post]

gotta keep spreading fear - that equals votes

both sides guilty BTW

What are you talking about? There is the party of RWE billionaire oligarchs and the least educated state voting majorities they invest
heavily in triggering the vote out of for no result actually beneficial to those least educated state voting majorities, and there is the multi racial
party of the rest of us.

You can't spin demonstrable facts. Defending the following u8s admission you've been grifted to your marrow.

Most of Biden’s appointed judges to date are women, racial or ethnic minorities – a first for any president

Nearly two-thirds of the federal judges President Joe Biden has appointed so far are women, and the same share are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[post]

A website hawking private insurance policies is not healthcare.

 

[stealthycat]

What are you talking about? There is the party of RWE billionaire oligarchs and the least educated state voting majorities they invest
heavily in triggering the vote out of for no result actually beneficial to those least educated state voting majorities, and there is the multi racial
party of the rest of us.

You can't spin demonstrable facts. Defending the following u8s admission you've been grifted to your marrow.

Most of Biden’s appointed judges to date are women, racial or ethnic minorities – a first for any president

Nearly two-thirds of the federal judges President Joe Biden has appointed so far are women, and the same share are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.

www.pewresearch.org

I don't believe in hiring people based on skin color or sexual orientation of gender do you ? if you do - that's discrimination

 

[eman623]

Strong message, and one that should be a centerpiece of the campaign.

It's a lie. Trump publicly said he would not seek to overturn the ACA.

 

[Greenbeard]

It's a lie. Trump publicly said he would not seek to overturn the ACA.

It's a lie, he already spent four years seeking to overturn the ACA.

 

[eman623]

It's a lie, he already spent four years seeking to overturn the ACA.

That's a lie. Trump never once tried to overturn the ACA as president.

But Trump did fix the ACA by zeroing out the odious and freedom-destroying penaltax. That alone is reason to vote for him again.

 

[post]

I just know since Obamacare my premiums have soared, my co-pay's have soared and my coverages have went down.

I don't hate healthcare, I think you should earn and buy as good a coverage as you want to ! your body, your choice.

You neglected to comment on the trajectory of your income during the period described.



It isn't Democrats in the House and senate who sunsetted this,

 

[Greenbeard]

That's a lie. Trump never once tried to overturn the ACA as president.

But Trump did fix the ACA by zeroing out the odious and freedom-destroying penaltax. That alone is reason to vote for him again.

Gaslighting.

He tried to get Congress to overturn it.

President Trump and Republicans took a victory lap after the House's narrow 'Trumpcare' passage

President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by House GOP members Thursday afternoon after they passed legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. Trump said the legislation, which still must be passed by the Senate, was a “great plan” that would end the “suffering” and “ravages” of the...

www.nbcnews.com

He tried to get the Courts to overturn it for him.

Amid pandemic, Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to completely strike down Obamacare.

abcnews.go.com

He tried to destroy it via executive action.

President Trump says "Let Obamacare fail...I'm not going to own it"

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to blame the latest failure on “all of the Democrats and a few Republicans,” but vowed, “We will return!”

www.nbcnews.com

Here's how Trump hobbled Obamacare and drove enrollment down this year

While President Donald Trump didn't repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature health-care law, more commonly known as Obamacare, he was able to dismantle key parts of it that health policy researchers are blaming for a big drop in enrollment.

www.cnbc.com

Trump claims Obamacare is 'repealed,' as GOP puts off aid to insurers

With the tax bill behind them, Republicans now must manage the potential fallout for health care, where a key provision threatens to upend insurance markets.

www.nbcnews.com

Plus, you know, he already accidentally let his intentions slip during this very campaign.

Trump revives push to eliminate Obamacare, sparking Biden campaign blowback

Trump said he's "seriously looking at alternatives" to the Affordable Care Act, criticizing Republicans who voted not to "terminate it" in 2017 and vowing not to "give up."

www.nbcnews.com

The one certainty is that Trump will stop at nothing to try and destroy the ACA.

 

[Greenbeard]

The Biden pukes keep trying to find issues to talk about, while they continue to ignore the issues that people want them to talk about.

Lots of people want to talk about Trump's plans to repeal the ACA, cut Medicaid and Medicare, and carry pharma's water by repealing Medicare's new drug price negotiation authority.

 

[Greenbeard]

I just know since Obamacare my premiums have soared, my co-pay's have soared and my coverages have went down.

The one time Trump actually came close to articulating his alternative to the ACA, the plan was to shift costs to older and rural people and raise deductibles.

 

[eman623]

Gaslighting.

He tried to get Congress to overturn it.

Fair enough, but his plan was to replace it with something better.

He tried to get the Courts to overturn it for him.

That was 20 states, not Trump.

He tried to destroy it via executive action.

Obamacare was back-loaded to make Obama look good, but 10 years later the bills would come due. Trump refusing to do Obama's dirty work is not "trying to overturn" Obamacare.

And Trump did zero out the penaltax. That was a good thing!

Plus, you know, he already accidentally let his intentions slip during this very campaign.

The one certainty is that Trump will stop at nothing to try and destroy the ACA.

Are you quite sure about that? He said this yesterday.

Donald Trump Says He Won't Terminate Obamacare​

MSN

 

[stealthycat]

You neglected to comment on the trajectory of your income during the period described.

hasn't changed much at all - certainly hasn't kept up with inflation