Health Care

What Democrats Are Doing:
Democrats are the party that passed Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act and have been fighting to secure universal health care for the American people for generations. 

Since Biden became president, fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before. Healthcare.gov signups for insurance hit an all-time record in 2022. Four out of five people who sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act  can find health care coverage for $10 a month or less  because President Biden extended lower rates through the Inflation Reduction Act. 

The Inflation Reduction Act also:

• caps a month’s insulin supply for seniors at $35 
• provides Medicare beneficiaries free adult vaccines
• provides a rebate from drug companies if they try to raise the rate of prescription drugs faster than inflation

President Biden kept his promise to increase access to VA care beyond the five year eligibility for combat veterans. 
See more at https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/the-issues/health-care/
And https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/27/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-record-2022-healthcare-gov-enrollment/
and 
​https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/

What Republicans Are Doing:
Millions of Americans would lose health care coverage, benefits and protections under congressional Republicans’ plans. 
Congressional Republicans have proposed:

• gradually increasing the Medicare eligibility age to 67 and the Social Security eligibility age to 70
• transforming Medicare benefits into a voucher where seniors would get a fixed amount of money to purchase a private health plan which would mean out-of-pocket costs for seniors would rise by hundreds of thousands of dollars
• repealing the prescription drug and health care provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act which would mean 5 to 7 million Medicare beneficiaries would see higher costs if Medicare cannot negotiate the price of drugs
• removing the $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket pharmacy expenses for Medicare recipients 
• repealing assistance to Americans to purchase health insurance. This would drive premiums higher and jeopardize the progress the Biden Administration has made in driving the uninsured rate to a historic low. 

Florida’s Republican Senator and Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee Rick Scott has championed a plan to put Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security on the chopping block every five years 

For more see: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/01/fact-sheet-by-the-numbers-millions-of-americans-would-lose-health-care-coverage-benefits-and-protections-under-congressional-republicans-plans/