WDET January 7, 2020
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Healthcare remains a lightning rod for political discussion in 2020. Public option? Single payer? Surprise bills? Detroit Today helps make sense of the terms you can expect to hear.

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It’s starting to feel a lot like 2009 again, when the nation was absorbed in a debate around the Affordable Care Act. The bill ended up passing — becoming a signature achievement for then-President Barack Obama and a political lightning rod on both the left and right.

Going into the 2020 election, healthcare is still the spotlight, thanks in no small part to Senator Bernie Sanders, whose Medicare For All single-payer bill has become litmus test for some on the left. Sanders’...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange, Regulations
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