After Joe Biden Broke His Health Care Pledge, Emboldened Lobbyists Are Targeting the States
After Joe Biden Broke His Health Care Pledge, Emboldened Lobbyists Are Targeting the States By Julia Rock, The Daily Poster On 5/17/21 at 2:10 PM EDT When President Joe Biden outlined his legislative priorities during his first address to Congress last month, notably absent was a major campaign promise: a public health insurance option. Instead, his current health reform proposal will funnel $200 billion more to private insurance companies to subsidize premiums, without any requirement that they cap out-of-pocket costs or eliminate them altogether. As a result of Biden's approach, states ...