Joe Biden is Wrong About Single-Payer and Coronavirus
The ranks of the uninsured are growing, and people are already dying from a lack of coverage. Yet Joe Biden says coronavirus has nothing to do with Medicare for All. He’s wrong: its time has come.
Joe Biden addresses the media and a small group of supporters during a primary night event on March 10, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela / Getty Images)
As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates in the United States, as uninsured and underinsured Americans begin to contract the virus, and as millions more lose their jobs in the economic shutdown and find themselves thrown off their private health insurance, inquiring minds want to know: Is Joe Biden really still against Medicare for All?
“Are you now reconsidering your position when it comes to single-payer health care?” asked MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian yesterday.
“Single payer will not solve that at all,” Biden answered.
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