{"id":2256426,"date":"2024-05-31T07:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-biden-move-left-on-healthcare-in-a-bid-to-stave-off-defeat\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T07:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:21:34","slug":"will-biden-move-left-on-healthcare-in-a-bid-to-stave-off-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-biden-move-left-on-healthcare-in-a-bid-to-stave-off-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Biden pivot left on healthcare to avoid loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-biden-move-left-on-healthcare-in-a-bid-to-stave-off-defeat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During the 2020 Democratic primaries,\u200c Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren championed Medicare for \u200cAll, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-checking-the-media-no-the-u-s-does-not-rank-dead-last-on-healthcare\/\" title=\"Fact Checking The Media: No, The U.S. Does Not Rank \u2018Dead Last\u2019 On Healthcare\">single-payer system<\/a>. In \u2063contrast, \u2064Joe \u200cBiden,\u2064 who won the nomination and the White House, leaned \u2063towards a more\u2064 centrist \u200bstance and hinted at vetoing\u200c such legislation. The debate over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chile-violent-leftists-assault-conservative-presidential-frontrunners-pregnant-staffer\/\" title=\"Chile: Violent Leftists Assault Conservative Presidential Frontrunner's Pregnant Staffer\">government-run healthcare system<\/a> continues, with varying public opinions and potential implications on Biden&#8217;s reelection chances against Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elizabeth-warren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-MA) vowed, if elected, to implement Medicare for All, which is another name for an overall single-payer, government-run healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/?source=%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2Fwhat-is-joe-biden-hiding-in-his-senate-records&#038;utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Pmax_Magazine_April17&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwgdayBhBQEiwAXhMxth_D05pDNmSap9DrEhx9rmEv6g3HQBZkiIg5HKPol2ljYJQFTimyFBoC_fsQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, the eventual winner of the Democratic nomination and White House over Republican incumbent Donald Trump, took a different approach. In a move to appear more centrist than his progressive opponents, the former vice president and 36-year senator from Delaware suggested he\u2019d veto such legislation.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden arrives to speak about his administration\u2019s plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 9, 2023. (Patrick Semansky\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Polling on a government-run healthcare system is mixed with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/once-a-close-race-newsom-is-clear-favorite-one-day-out-from-california-recall\/\" title=\"Once A Close Race, Newsom Is Clear Favorite One Day Out From California Recall\">polls showing support<\/a>, while others,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/468401\/majority-say-gov-ensure-healthcare.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> such as Gallup<\/a>, reveal that a majority of people (53%) still prefer a private-based system to 43% who do not. A significant majority of Republicans oppose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-delegate-files-bill-to-abolish-state-run-liquor-stores\/\" title=\"Virginia Delegate Files Bill To Abolish State-Run Liquor Stores\">government-run system<\/a> as does a slight majority of independents.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Congressional Progressive Caucus<a href=\"https:\/\/progressives.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/3\/a\/3a871f4f-d7b4-4435-86f3-c93a40d58ffa\/E84331041657C3BC5378FCEB491CA62B.summary-cpc-proposition-agenda-final-4-18-24.docx.pdf\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/progressives.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/3\/a\/3a871f4f-d7b4-4435-86f3-c93a40d58ffa\/E84331041657C3BC5378FCEB491CA62B.summary-cpc-proposition-agenda-final-4-18-24.docx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released a new policy agenda<\/a>. <em>Axios<\/em> noted in a headline, \u201cMissing from progressives\u2019 2024 agenda: Medicare for All.\u201d But is it? Aside from advocating price controls of all prescription drugs (under the misnomer of \u201cnegotiation\u201d), and taking over the manufacturing of prescription drugs, as well as removing medical bills from credit reports, the document\u2019s third bullet point contains this agenda item: close the Medicaid coverage gap, expand Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing, and lower the Medicare eligibility age.<\/p>\n<p>The entire point of Medicare for All is getting rid of the eligibility age. The document doesn\u2019t specify, but the vagueness comes off like a tactic designed to allow the removal of the name without removing the goal. It puts President Joe Biden in a precarious position, especially since he<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\/status\/1677475709202190344?lang=en\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\/status\/1677475709202190344?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted on X in July 2023<\/a>, \u201cOn my watch, health care is a right not a privilege in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is set to face Trump in November, the first presidential rematch in 68 years. Biden trails Trump by a slim margin in most national polling. Still, Biden faces larger deficits<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/trump-biden-poll-swing-states-ad594acb?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> in swing states<\/a> he needs to gain the 270 electoral votes required to win reelection. Biden ran up the score in the popular vote in 2020 with a 5 million vote margin in California and 2 million in New York. However, a swing of a cumulative 43,000 votes in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin would have resulted in a 269-269 Electoral College tie, likely throwing the presidency to Trump since Republicans had the advantage in the state delegation (each state delegation gets one vote).<\/p>\n<p>Biden, despite overtures to progressives in the Democratic Party, still has work to do. Biden\u2019s public support of Israel has put younger voters off, and the sweeping college debt forgiveness he promised never came to fruition. His latest, more targeted approach could survive legal scrutiny from the Supreme Court, but it is still unknown. Also, younger voters give Biden poor marks on inflation and the economy. But his attempts to cater to more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-of-joe-biden-telling-black-civil-rights-leaders-he-wont-go-all-in-on-executive-orders-to-appease-the-far-left-infuriates-progressives\/\" title=\"Leaked Audio of Joe Biden Telling Black Civil Rights Leaders He Won\u2019t Go All in on Executive Orders to Appease the Far Left Infuriates Progressives\">progressive voters<\/a> put him at risk of alienating independent voters, who he also needs to win in November.<\/p>\n<p>Voters rank inflation and the economy as the second most important issue facing the country.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/323380\/public-opinion-on-the-most-important-problem-facing-the-us\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/323380\/public-opinion-on-the-most-important-problem-facing-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The top issue? Immigration<\/a>. Biden and congressional Democrats thought a failed Senate-backed immigration bill would turn immigration into a win, but it hasn\u2019t worked out as they hoped. Biden, who earlier this year said he could do nothing more about illegal immigration without authorization from Congress, is now contemplating more executive actions \u2014 to the detriment of progressive voters.<\/p>\n<p>With five months to go before Election Day, it\u2019s questionable whether Biden embraces the Congressional Progressive Caucus agenda that also includes public banking options, the abolition of the federal death penalty, much higher taxes, a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants \u2014 recently endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) \u2014 and fully legalizing marijuana.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supporting any of the measures by name within the document likely gets Biden questions about other parts that are outside the mainstream of most voters in the country. It\u2019s a difficult balancing act, which is why Biden focuses so much of his attention on what could happen if Trump wins again. However, voters choose to give presidents another chance based on their record.<\/p>\n<p>If Biden doesn\u2019t figure out which way is best, he could join the ranks of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Donald Trump as presidents in the last 50 years who lost their bids to stay in the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 2020 Democratic primaries, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren promised Medicare for All, a single-payer healthcare system. Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee and later President, pursued a different strategy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2991,"featured_media":2256427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WB.whitehouse-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WB.whitehouse-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2991"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}