Trump vs. Biden on Healthcare: Comparing Two Perspectives

1. Trump vs. Biden on Healthcare: Comparing Two Perspectives

2. Introduction • President Donald Trump and democrat Joe Biden have distinctively opposing views when it comes to healthcare in the United States. • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare has become the top priority for US citizens. • Both candidates have unique strategies that focus on solving the problem of providing inexpensive and accessible healthcare. • 29% of Americans consider healthcare even more important than the economy in this pandemic. www.softwarefinder.com 02

3. The Affordable Care Act • The Affordable Care Act helps Americans by making health insurance affordable for the public, emphasising preventive care strategies, and implementing new processes and technologies for improved healthcare. • It includes creating accountable care organisations, implementing technology such as Electronic Health Records(EHR), funding healthcare training etc. www.softwarefinder.com 03

4. Trump • Trump has been against the ACA for almost four years and has continuously tried to undermine it. • However, it is yet to be decided whether the Supreme Court would overturn this law on Nov 10. • If it’s overturned, the President, along with the Congress, would have to deal with millions of Americans becoming uninsured. • Moreover, Trump does not support ‘Medicare for All’; neither does he support any optional public health plan. www.softwarefinder.com 04

5. Biden • Biden has stated that he would defend the Affordable Care Act from any legal or congressional problems. • He also said that he plans to “build on” the Affordable Care Act by expanding subsidiaries on the exchanges of the act. • Although Biden also does not support ‘Medicare for All’, he is open to accept an optional public health plan based on the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges. www.softwarefinder.com 05

6. Medicaid and Medicare • Medicare and Medicaid together provide healthcare and insurance coverage to almost 115 million people in the US. • Medicare aims to help citizens 65 or above, pay their medical expenses. In comparison, Medicaid aims to help low-income groups with healthcare facilities and costs. www.softwarefinder.com 06

7. Trump • Trump promotes the use of private insurance companies through the Medicare program. • It would create problems for people who do not have private insurance. • However, Trump has included telehealth in Medicare coverage and increased Medicare advantages. • Under his vision, Trump has also stated that new immigrants would not receive Medicare and Medicaid benefits unless or until they can prove they have health insurance. www.softwarefinder.com 07

8. Biden • Biden follows a more open-minded approach when it comes to Medicare. • He also offered to make the vision, dental, hearing healthcare standard in Medicare. • Biden also proposes to offer more federal support to Medicare during the pandemic to help the people. • He has also stated that it is his goal to provide healthcare services to at least 97% of the American population. www.softwarefinder.com 08

9. Healthcare and Medicine Costs • In healthcare and medicine costs, both candidates have similar objectives. • Trump and Biden both want to put an end to surprise billing and lower drug costs. • However, they differ in their approach to reduce drug prices. www.softwarefinder.com 09

10. Trump • Trump’s strategy for reducing drug costs is by importing prescription drugs from other countries • When it comes to surprise billing, it is something Trump wants to ban completely. • Although Trump had previously tried to ban surprise billing in Congress in December, it didn’t go as planned. • His policy aims to pressurise hospitals and insurance companies to disclose hospital expenses to the patient. www.softwarefinder.com 10

11. Biden • Biden believes in supporting a bill passed last year that would enable him to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, instead of importing from other countries. • He would also ensure that any new drug prices don’t increase more than the inflation rate to keep drug prices affordable. • To rein in hospital prices, Biden plans to open new public option programs to talk and negotiate fixed prices with healthcare institutes. www.softwarefinder.com 11

12. Conclusion • In conclusion, both candidates have pretty diverse policy statements on the model for providing healthcare to Americans. • While Trump would repeal the Affordable Care Act in favour of more private sector involvement, Biden wants to build on the existing structure. • However, both agree that the pricing of life-saving drugs and surprise billing is a huge problem that will need to be catered to if America wants to improve its healthcare system. Whatever position you support, you must go out and vote! www.softwarefinder.com 12

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