Biden walks back vow to let people keep private insurance
2020 Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden backed away from an earlier campaign trail comment that suggested Americans would be able to keep their private insurance under his healthcare plan.
The New York Times editorial board asked the former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential front-runner about his sentiment that "if you like your private insurance, you can keep your private insurance." The comment was similar to what President Barack Obama said in 2013 about his landmark Obamacare law — "If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it" — which PolitiFact dubbed the "lie of the year" after millions of Americans had their plans canceled.
"I didn’t say that, by the way, but go ahead," Biden said in the interview published Friday, before clarifying, "OK. Yeah, said we can keep your private insurance. Yep."
The question referred to a statement Biden made while outlining his healthcare plan at a July 2019 AARP forum in Iowa. “If you like your healthcare plan, your employer-based plan, you can keep it. If, in fact, you have private insurance, you can keep it,” he said.
In the interview published Friday, Biden added, "The doctors. They said you can keep your doctor."
Biden in July declined to promise that Americans could keep their doctors under his healthcare proposal.
The New York Times and Biden clarified that under his healthcare plan, if employers eliminate coverage options, they will automatically be enrolled in a public option.
"Here’s the deal. If you like your private insurance and your employer keeps it with you, you can keep it," Biden said.
Biden has proposed a healthcare plan that would allow Americans to choose a government insurance plan similar to Medicare instead of private health insurance. It is a contrast from "Medicare for all" single-payer health plan proposals supported by Biden's 2020 rivals Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
[ Opinion: Joe Biden's healthcare plan is malarkey]
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