Did Hillary Clinton fight Medicare?
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has pledged to fight back against Republican plans to cut, privatize, or phase out Medicare. And, while the other former Republican candidates may have felt differently, Clinton and Trump are actually in agreement on most issues involving Medicare.
Is Medicare going to run out of money in 2021?
Although Medicare has about $200 billion in reserves now, the program is expected to run at a deficit starting in 2021, and is forecast to be completely depleted by 2028. After this point, across-the-board benefit cuts will be necessary. Medicare covers more than 55 million beneficiaries, so this is an issue that affects a large group of Americans and deserves attention sooner rather than later.
How many people are covered by Medicare?
Medicare is the bedrock of health care coverage for more than 50 million American seniors and people with disabilities. As senator, Hillary co-sponsored and sponsored bills to reduce the impact of the Medicare prescription drug gap by reducing the price of pharmaceuticals for seniors.
What is Hillary Clinton's threat to Social Security?
The real threat is Republican attempts to undermine the bedrock of the system. Hillary believes that Social Security must remain what it has always been: a rock-solid benefit that seniors can always count on—not subject to the budget whims of Congress or to the fluctuations of the stock market. She fought Republican efforts to undermine Social ...
How many people did the Affordable Care Act save?
The Affordable Care Act made preventive care available and affordable for an estimated 39 million people with Medicare and saved more than 9 million people with Medicare thousands of dollars in prescription drug expenses.
Why is Social Security important?
For 80 years, Social Security has been America at its best. Social Security reflects our shared belief that every American should be able to retire with dignity after decades of hard work. That no American should face poverty because he or she is disabled, or when a loved one dies.
Should Social Security be expanded?
Expand Social Security for those who need it most and who are treated unfairly by the current system —including women who are widows and those who took significant time out of the paid workforce to take care of their children, aging parents, or ailing family members. Social Security works well, but it should work better.
What is the GOP platform for Medicare?
Donald Trump: The GOP platform advocates a “premium support model” for Medica re that would “guarantee to every enrollee an income-adjusted contribution toward a plan of their choice, with catastrophic protection.” In other words, privatization. Republicans would “save Medicare by modernizing it,” the platform says.
How much was the US prescription drug market in 2015?
Total U.S. prescription drug sales in 2015 were more than $419.4 billion — 11.7% higher than in 2014, according to research published in May in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. You don’t have to tell that to American consumers, especially older adults, who are dealing with rising prescription drug costs. A 2015 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found that three-quarters of Americans believe prescription costs are unreasonable.
What does Donald Trump want to change?
Donald Trump: He says on his site that he wants to change current law to allow the sale of health insurance across state lines. The increased competition will allow health care costs to go down, Trump says.
Hilary Clinton Discusses Medicare for All and Taxing the Wealthy
Do you think, though, that the Medicare for All plan that you saw last week you could get behind. You know, I think if it were to go to the Senate that was the point I was making before. If you had a president who pushed to present it.
How Would Elizabeth Warren Pay for Her Sweeping Policy Plans?
Ms. Warren’s agenda would cost more than $30 trillion. She plans to offset much of that cost through new taxes on the richest Americans and on businesses.