Becker's Healthcare October 23, 2020
President Donald Trump and former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden debated Oct. 22 for the last time before the general election. The debate took place in Nashville, Tenn.
Five takeaways for healthcare leaders:
COVID-19
1. NBC News anchor and moderator Kristen Welker asked President Trump about his strategy for dealing with the country’s latest wave of COVID-19 cases. As of Oct. 22, roughly 40,000 Americans were in the hospital with the virus, the most since early August. In response, President Trump cited, as he has in the past, a March study from the Imperial College of London COVID-19 Response Team that projected 2.2 million Americans could die from the virus if no action were taken to...