Biden Warns That Trump’s Election Could Jeopardize Health Care for Millions

President Biden announced Tuesday that former President Donald J. Trump would strip health insurance coverage from tens of millions of Americans and drive up prescription drug prices if he wins next month’s election and returns to office. It warned that it would enact possible policies.

In a speech in Concord, New Hampshire, Biden criticized Trump for repeatedly trying to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act, offering only temporary and unspecified “plan concepts” to replace it. He mocked the former president for not having done so.

“My predecessor, a distinguished former president, wants to replace the Affordable Care Act with what he calls the concept of planning,” Biden said at NHTI, a community college in Concord. told the audience. “I’ve been hearing about that ‘plan concept’ for almost eight years now. The concept of a plan. What exactly is a concept? He has no concept at all! No plan!”

Mr. Biden continued. “If we don’t elect Kamala and he does, President Trump could kick up to 45 million people off their health insurance,” he said, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris. Forty-five million! More than 100 million people could lose health insurance because of a pre-existing condition. The only reason they can afford it is because of the Affordable Care Act. ”

This year, approximately 21 million people enrolled in health insurance through the marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act. In total, nearly 50 million Americans have been covered by the plans since the first such plans were created a decade ago. a federal analysis A report released last month found that between 50 million and 129 million non-elderly Americans have some kind of pre-existing condition and without the protections of the 2010 law, they would lose insurance or face exorbitant rates. You may be at risk of being charged.

Democrats have made a decisive decision on health care in the final two weeks of the campaign, based on Trump’s remark in last month’s debate with Harris that, “If I can come up with an idea, I’m going to repeal the Affordable Care Act.” I want to make this a point of contention. Better version. When asked if there were any such plans, he said, “I have an idea for one,” adding, “I think you’ll be hearing about it in the not-too-distant future.”