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Related: About this forumThe health care industry is betting on Joe Biden in its war against Medicare-for-all
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The health care industry is betting on Joe Biden in its war against Medicare-for-all
By Dylan Scott@dylanlscottdylan.scott@vox.com Apr 26, 2019, 10:20am EDT
The health care industry is happy to see Joe Biden jumping into the Democratic presidential race, hoping he can be a bulwark against their true 2020 opponent: Medicare-for-all.
Many of the top Democratic primary candidates have embraced Bernie Sanderss Medicare-for-all plan, which would essentially eliminate private health insurance.
Biden hasnt. He also hasnt rolled out his health care platform, as Voxs Sarah Kliff recently wrote, but he seems likely to present a center-left alternative to single-payer.
Ive definitely had clients ask, where is Biden? said Kim Monk, the managing director at Capital Alpha, which advises Wall Street investors from Washington, DC. Hes basically an establishment candidate and would be much more in tune to building on whats there as opposed to coming in and destroying whats there and starting over.
One analyst told investors amid a mild market freakout over single-payer the other day, as Axios reported: How could the news get better? Biden wins the Democratic nomination without changing his current view against single payer.
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https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18515699/joe-biden-2020-presidential-campaign-medicare-for-all
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ancianita
(36,137 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
appalachiablue
(41,177 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)But no real analyst said this. It's a flat out lie. This would be one of the worst analysts one would ever cross paths with.
"One analyst told investors amid a mild market freakout over single-payer the other day"
It had nothing to do with single payer. Absolutely nothing.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
babylonsister
(171,094 posts)I'll trust vox and axios, thanks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Will not happen for a long time.
I know because I listen to investors and analysts.
Read post 6 and 7 here. They outline the reasons. The reasons are because of current and actionable issues. Not ideas.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/128774810
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ancianita
(36,137 posts)Biden doesn't write legislation. He's also not corrupt. He can slow things down for his donors, but he won't stop it.
Progressive legislation will really be about who else voters send to both House and Senate in 2020.
If we're going to realistically see what he has to undo to fix a wrecked government, this could be a first restructuring gift to the public.
So, any other candidate can promise that it's the first bill they'll sign.
But then what. Will they hit the ground running like Biden? Know all the 2400 appointments they'll have to fill? Cabinet posts, etc.? Transition process, the best people to put in key positions? Sure they'll have lots of "people." Advisers, home state people? etc.
Or will they turn to Biden, Obama for the help.
Or will Biden hit the ground running and get on with being the best president since Obama.
I'll bet anyone here that if voters do their job, and if the Democratic House and Senate do their job and pass Medicare for All -- Biden will have already sweet-talked his donors about how they can do better out in the global free market, or they'll do better with regulation over massive lawsuits, etc. -- then Biden will sign it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden