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Since taking office, Biden has focused on other goals, such as expanding the size of subsidies under the 2010 health care law and broadening eligibility for them. He did not include a public option in the economic proposals he is working to pass this year.https://t.co/dUHcKcaebp
— Roll Call (@rollcall) May 27, 2021
Biden cites the new Affordable Care Act subsidies as a reason, and he calls to make them permanent. https://t.co/BMDvPhLyOe
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) May 11, 2021
Missouri Medicaid expansion for 275K on hold after measure not funded by Legislature https://t.co/YoFj213Gqo
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 14, 2021
Progressive hopes for Medicare for All and a public option face steep odds https://t.co/iBJi4XpOFZ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 22, 2021
Officials in 25 Republican-led states are cutting off federal pandemic unemployment benefits months ahead of schedule, citing job openings aplenty. For some workers, that will mean hardships and tough choices. https://t.co/h8Jo8Sot8A
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 6, 2021
A broad coalition of over 150 Democrats plans to start a campaign to pressure President Biden to include a major expansion of Medicare in his infrastructure package. https://t.co/0Qo2vnB7XV
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 27, 2021
Opinion: Why Democrats must keep pushing on a public option — even if Biden won’t https://t.co/8wb9HTbePL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 26, 2021
Regardless of one’s view of Medicare and Social Security, anything unaffordable does not make sense. https://t.co/vfEWxyLKIQ #CatoEcon pic.twitter.com/HQFGuTIeUW
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) May 30, 2021
With fresh data showing that employers added jobs at a decent but unexceptional pace in May, President Biden on Friday emphasized that his administration would not try to extend enhanced unemployment benefits that Republicans have criticized. https://t.co/KtjVg6k6Hg
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 6, 2021
Democratic lawmakers are rallying around an effort to extend health insurance in states that have refused to expand Medicaid https://t.co/hHgyNC5wdq
— POLITICO (@politico) May 29, 2021
Executives say expanded unemployment benefits and stimulus checks are making it harder to find people willing to work at supermarkets and restaurants https://t.co/ro1gCHSZru
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 4, 2021