Clinton rolls out Sanders-like healthcare plan
Source: The Hill
By Harper Neidig - 07/09/16 11:53 AM EDT
Hillary Clinton formally adopted a more progressive stance on health care in a proposal released Saturday, as part of an effort to appease Bernie Sanders and his supporters.
The plan includes a so-called public option within ObamaCare, an allowance for people to enroll in Medicare at age 55, and increasing funding for community-based health centers by $40 billion over the next ten years.
Clinton emphasized her goal of eventually providing universal health care. "We have more work to do to finish our long fight to provide universal, quality, affordable health care to everyone in America," she said in a statement.
"Already, the Affordable Care Act has expanded coverage to 20 million Americans. As president, I will make sure Republicans never succeed in their attempts to strip away their care and that the remaining uninsured should be able to get the affordable coverage they need to stay healthy."
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/287113-clinton-rolls-out-sanders-like-healthcare-plan
truthisfreedom
(23,169 posts)Keep up the good work, Hillary!
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,128 posts)AllyCat
(16,277 posts)Of course the worthless, obstructionist GOP in Congress will make sure it gets watered down if it passes at all.
VOTE!!!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)we must get control of Congress
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,128 posts)Auggie
(31,252 posts):nounce:
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Now THAT is a major.
Wounded Bear
(58,799 posts)much like the min wage, we need to aim high here. If we aim high, then compromise still has a chance to be somewhat progressive. Starting from the middle just gets us RW "answers" that cater to the corporate interests and don't really help anyone.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)So glad he didn't cave immediately.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)Caving is for sycophants, and Bernie is not one of them.
Bernie is mensch The man is solid gold. He is committed to positive change.
markj757
(194 posts)This is exactly what I was saying Sanders should have done to attract more voters early in the primary. Simply modify his dramatic overhaul with a first step "Public Option" and leave universal health care as a long term goal.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)The Public Option *IS* the compromise.
And we still have to make sure that that is actually executed and we get a Medicare buy-in plan for all people who want it.
andym
(5,447 posts)but for Senator Lieberman and friends killing both the public option and Medicare buy in. Too bad Senator Kennedy had died by the time of the vote. The only one who might have had enough influence to get a different outcome.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)if we had had control of congress more than 15 weeks, far better things would have happen in ACA .
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I saw Democrats running away from the ACA like it was the plague in 2014. Right up until this very moment, you can find the good, upstanding Democrats here on this very site tearing apart anyone who advocated a public option or single payer. Often the very same people now praising it just a day later.
These are the people, the elected officians and voters who would have without a doubt in your mind have delivered public option or single payer? I have to say I'm much more skeptical.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)sounds like u need one of my new self calibrating, anal implanted crystal balls and u too could be a seer like me!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)...I'll take two, anyway.
CBHagman
(16,994 posts)...and was astonished to find that there was an option to buy into Medicare at age 55. I don't know the precise details, and I certainly had forgotten the plank altogether.
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We must redouble our efforts to bring the uninsured into coverage step-by-step and as soon as possible. We should guarantee access to affordable health care for every child in America. We should expand coverage to working families, including more Medicaid assistance to help with the transition from welfare to work. And we should also seek to ensure that dislocated workers are provided affordable health care. We should make health care accessible and affordable for small businesses. In addition, Americans aged 55 to 65 - the fastest growing group of uninsured - should be allowed to buy into the Medicare program to get the coverage they need. By taking these steps, we can move our nation closer to the goal of providing universal health coverage for all Americans.
markj757
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for continuing to fight for the Liberal causes at the heart of his campaign, and getting big victories like this one on the books as a priority for a Clinton presidency. I truly hope one day it becomes law.
senseandsensibility
(17,260 posts)Absolutely!!!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I was almost fooled.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Also, didn't Hillary Reiterate Support for a Public Option Months Ago?
markj757
(194 posts)Hillary would not be making this issue a major part of her platform because it opens up the discussion of Obamacare. She would have ran as far right of center as she could without upsetting the base. Because of Bernie, not only did that not happen, but she is remaining focused on Liberal issues that are important to the base of this party.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)When President Obama was trying to push Health Care Reform, Bernie tried to block President Obama's proposal by introducing a single payer model. President Obama's original proposal had a public option. By trying to push a competing bill, Bernie delayed progress on the ACA bill and its public option. Meanwhile, Hillary was pushing the public option back in 2008 and since February of this year, thus it is a bit odd to give Bernie credit for a proposal that he has intermittently opposed as distraction from his favored single payer model while ignoring Hillary's long standing support for a public option.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-health-care-bernie-sanders-219643
Hillary Clinton wants to bring back the public option, offering a competing vision to Bernie Sanders support for a more progressive health care system.
Clinton's campaign has updated its website to note her continued support for the government-run health plan that was dropped from Obamacare during the law's drafting. The idea was popular among progressives who prefer a single-payer plan -- like the one Bernie Sanders is touting.
Clinton supported the public option in her 2008 presidential campaign, and during the drafting of the Affordable Care Act a year later, Congress debated allowing a government-run plan to compete with private insurers. However, the public option was eliminated from the legislation because of objections from moderate Senate Democrats who opposed a greater government role in providing health care.
But Clinton has hardly referenced her previous support for the idea during the 2016 campaign, and instead has called for building on President Barack Obamas health care law.
MisterFred
(525 posts)Insert recall of past statements. (Not allowed on Democratic Underground.)
zentrum
(9,866 posts)Never would have heard this kind of thing without his candidacy.
murielm99
(30,790 posts)See post 24.
beastie boy
(9,586 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)Now if they could only agree on some plan to move towards publicly funded campaign reforms. That single issue would be a game-changer in almost every other area. As it is, most in Washington spend all their time at fundraisers and coo cooing the business elite with "nudge nudge wink wink" arrangements. Of course Republicans would have even more time to oppose and hold investigations on the latest Faux Democrat scandal.
WIProgressive88
(314 posts)Buzz cook
(2,474 posts)People just weren't paying attention.
Sanders had nothing to do with this.
athena
(4,187 posts)A woman will make a point in a meeting. The point will be either ignored, or criticized as unworkable, idealistic, complicated, what have you. A little while later, a man will make the same point. Everyone will cheer and applaud (figuratively), while pretending this is the first time the point has been made by anyone. The man, of course, will get credit for what was the woman's idea.
To some of us, none of this is new, and none of it is surprising.