Becker's Healthcare September 13, 2019
Healthcare was a major topic in the third Democratic presidential debate in Houston Sept. 13.
Here are five takeaways from the discussion on healthcare:
1. All the candidates want to carry the torch of the Obama presidency on healthcare. “I know that the senator [Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts] says she’s for Bernie, well, I’m for Barack. I think Obamacare worked,” said former Vice President Joe Biden while promoting his plan to add a public option to the ACA.
In her rebuttal, Ms. Warren positioned “Medicare for All” as an extension of the Obama legacy. “We all owe a huge debt to President Obama, who fundamentally transformed healthcare in America and committed this country to healthcare for every human being,”...
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