Clinton rolls out Sanders-like healthcare plan [View all]
Source: The Hill
By Harper Neidig - 07/09/16 11:53 AM EDT
Hillary Clinton formally adopted a more progressive stance on health care in a proposal released Saturday, as part of an effort to appease Bernie Sanders and his supporters.
The plan includes a so-called “public option” within ObamaCare, an allowance for people to enroll in Medicare at age 55, and increasing funding for community-based health centers by $40 billion over the next ten years.
Clinton emphasized her goal of eventually providing universal health care. "We have more work to do to finish our long fight to provide universal, quality, affordable health care to everyone in America," she said in a statement.
"Already, the Affordable Care Act has expanded coverage to 20 million Americans. As president, I will make sure Republicans never succeed in their attempts to strip away their care and that the remaining uninsured should be able to get the affordable coverage they need to stay healthy."
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