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With record numbers of Americans out of work, fewer payroll taxes are rolling in, and the numbers of beneficiaries are rising.
The pandemic has done what no legislator could have dreamed of: force sudden major changes to the nation's health care system.
In a nod to the effects of COVID-19 on the economy, Biden wants to lower the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 60.
About $100 billion is intended to reimburse "eligible health care providers for health care-related expenses or lost revenue."
While Republicans don't want to raise the issue of pre-existing conditions so close to an election, there are pitfalls for Democrats, too.
There's no doubt that invalidating the ACA in whole or in large part would have a dramatic effect on the nation's health system.
The public wants candidates to talk about health care reform. But what does that mean?
The past decade has shown that it's been relatively easy to make hard-won tax increases related to the ACA go away.
The possibility of the tax has been “casting a statutory shadow over 180 million Americans’ health plans" for years.
Republicans who object to other candidates' Medicare for All plans find Biden's alternative just as displeasing.