{"id":2282,"date":"2020-12-10T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascentblog.org\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2020-12-14T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T19:31:54","slug":"bidencare-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascentblog.org\/bidencare-in-a-nutshell\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBidencare\u201d in a Nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"

With president-elect Joe Biden poised to take over the White House on January 20, the 25 million Americans without health care insurance may be able to benefit from his so-called \u201cBidencare.\u201d What does the plan look like, exactly\u2026and will the legislation even pass?<\/p>\n

Joe Biden\u2019s Health Care Plan for America\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Joe Biden played a crucial role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare, in 2010. It stands to reason that he\u2019s invested in expanding the ACA while adding his own stamp.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s plan keeps the ACA mostly intact means few changes at its core: most of the existing system will remain in place, with the majority of working Americans continuing to get health insurance through their employer. Medicare and Medicaid will also remain. Biden\u2019s proposed changes would revolve around filling in a few infrastructure gaps and allowing millions of currently uninsured individuals to obtain coverage\u2014basically every legal resident of the U.S. would obtain health insurance under this plan. Perhaps the biggest change is the introduction of a public option, similar to Medicare, that would allow approximately 12 million Americans to purchase their own insurance. This would provide more free-market competition and automatically enroll low-income individuals who have been denied coverage due to their state\u2019s opposition to Obamacare (there are currently 12 states that have refused to expand Medicaid as required by Obamacare).<\/p>\n

Other key changes we would see through Bidencare include higher government subsidies to help reduce premium marketplace costs, and extending this assistance to individuals with higher incomes.<\/p>\n

Bidencare wouldn\u2019t be a viable option for most Americans; those with employer-sponsored health insurance are still likely to be better off enrolling in those programs. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 12 million people with coverage through their employer would save money with a public option\u2014that\u2019s less than 10 percent of the market.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s proposed health care plan is aggressive, but unless Democrats gain control of the Senate through runoff elections in Georgia next month, its future is in jeopardy\u2026at least for the foreseeable future. Some senior Democrats feel the party should aim for a more targeted approach anyway, one that emphasizes working closely with Republicans to help craft a more bipartisan bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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