Healthcare and the 2020 Election

With less than three weeks before the 2020 United States General Election, understanding the candidates for federal, state, and local elections is more important than ever! This is especially true when it comes to this year's Presidential Election. The incumbent, President Donald Trump and his opponent former Vice-President Joe Biden have diverging views regaridng the current status and future of healthcare. In this episode, we strip away the political discourse and focus on the FACTS informing each candidates' plans for healthcare. Please check out the articles and links below for more information and to ensure that you have the right information to make your decision for you and your family at the ballot box this November.

 

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2. Manchikanti L, Helm Ii S, Benyamin RM, Hirsch JA. A Critical Analysis of Obamacare: Affordable Care or Insurance for Many and Coverage for Few? Pain Physician. 2017 Mar;20(3):111-138. PMID: 28339427.
3. Comparing Trump and Biden's health care plans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMtDAk_H0LQ&ab_channel=YahooFinance
4. Kaiser FamilyFoundation- High Risk Pools for Uninsurable Individualshttps://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/high-risk-pools-for-uninsurable-individuals/
5. The Atlantic- Why Trump Has No Real Health Plan-https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/why-trump-has-no-real-health-care-plan/616523/
6. Health Affairs- The Non-Group Health Insurance Market: Short on Facts, Long on Opinions, and policy Disputes https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.w2.325
7. Healthcare Finance News- Pricing Disparities an Issue as Trump’s executive order on healthcare price transparency takes hold https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/pricing-disparities-issue-trumps-executive-order-healthcare-price-transparency-takes-hold
8. Healthcare Dive- Election 2020: Trump and Biden’s Starkly Diverging Views on Healthcare https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/presidential-election-2020-trump-biden-different-healthcare-policies-ACA-coronavirus/585184/