Advocates are enthused by Harris’s running mate, who as Minnesota governor called healthcare a ‘basic human right’
picked the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, as veep for the Democratic presidential ticket, advocates for healthcare reform felt a jolt of electricity.It was a sense of possibility some had not felt since the Obama era, and hard for some to contain their excitement.“We’re celebrating here at the cabin,” said the Democratic Minnesota state representative Liz Reyer, who helped Walz pass a medical debt collection reform bill in 2023.
Since the Obama era, health reformers have had a tough run. After the passage of the Affordable Care Act better known as “Obamacare”, in 2010, the Democratic party sufferedPerhaps worse, the ACA became a focal point of Republican rage well into the Trump administration.
What’s more, even for people who have health insurance, medical debt remains a persistent problem. Forty-one per cent of Americans owe money to a medical provider, credit card or family member for healthcare. Often, when people have or fear medical debt, they cut back on food, clothing and other household items, according to a widely cited. That is in spite of the fact that Americans see the doctor less than peers in other wealthy nations and have worse health outcomes.
“Ten years ago, single-payer burst on to the scene,” with Sanders’s presidential run, said Verhoef. “Prior to that, nobody ever talked about this.” Similarly, single-payer advocates were “shut out” of Obamacare discussions, Verhoef added.for a “public option” health insurance plan in Minnesota, where the government would allow people to buy into Medicaid, and banned private health insurance companies, such as behemoth UnitedHealth, from contracting with Minnesota’s Medicaid plan.
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