• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As disappointed as I am with the Biden administration, I must have missed where Biden’s campaign was ambitious enough to run on revisiting the public option. Do you have a source for that?

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        1 year ago

        Thank you. I appreciate the source.

        Can’t say it surprises me that Biden would run on something and not even attempt to do it. If anyone can provide me a source for Biden’s attempt to pass a public option, I’m all ears.

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          No problem. He never did. Not even a beep. He even said he’d veto a Medicare for all bill if it ever came to his desk. Here

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      He did a lot with the ACA, but everyone ignored it.

      https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/10/26/biden-harris-administration-launches-window-shopping-affordable-health-care-marketplace.html

      Also new this year, families who may not have previously been eligible for tax credits may now be eligible for financial assistance – for the first time ever – thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration. Earlier this month, the Administration finalized a rule which will help about 1 million Americans who are offered employer insurance either gain coverage or see their coverage become more affordable through the Marketplace. To take advantage of the new policy, families who have found employer insurance unaffordable in the past should look at new opportunities for savings on HealthCare.gov.

      To help connect people to coverage, the Biden-Harris Administration also made the single largest investment ever in the Navigators program. The $98.9 million this year builds on the Administration’s quadrupling of Navigators last year, which helped contribute to the record- breaking 14.5 million people who signed up for 2022 health care coverage through the Marketplaces, including nearly 6 million people who newly gained coverage. This continuation of historic levels of funding will help Navigators continue their work informing consumers about the enhanced tax credits and coverage available on HealthCare.gov.

      https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/11/16/biden-harris-administration-takes-action-improve-health-and-wellbeing-addressing-social-determinants-health.html

      There’s also this link above.

      https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/04/28/hhs-announces-new-policy-make-coverage-more-accessible-affordable-for-millions-americans-in-2023.html

      Making insurance make more sense.

      With standardized maximum out-of-pocket limitations, deductibles, and cost-sharing features, consumers will be able to more directly compare other important plan attributes, such as premiums, provider networks, prescription drug coverage, and quality ratings when choosing a plan.

      https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/07/fact-sheetpresident-biden-announces-new-actions-to-lower-health-care-costs-and-protect-consumers-from-scam-insurance-plans-and-junk-fees-as-part-of-bidenomics-push/>

      Today, President Biden announced a series of new actions under a core pillar of his “Bidenomics” agenda to lower health care costs and crack down on surprise junk fees for American families and consumers. Since the beginning of his Administration, President Biden has passed historic legislation to lower health care costs for tens of millions of Americans, took on Big Pharma to finally allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, and took action to eliminate hidden fees in every sector of the economy. Today, the Administration is taking additional steps to continue to deliver on those promises.

      But Biden hasn’t single handedly created fully socialized healthcare for every person so nothing else matters. Perfection or fail.

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        But Biden hasn’t single handedly created fully socialized healthcare for every person so nothing else matters. Perfection or fail.

        I didn’t say he’s done nothing, and I’m not expecting something he didn’t run on.

        I asked for a source that he promised the public option. Someone else provided that source. I’m not seeing anything about a public option in any of your links. I haven’t seen any evidence that he tried to get the public option at all.

        But It’s nice to know that I can always count on any criticism of Biden to be met with immediate strawman arguments.