Your Healthcare 2020 Election Update: Week of February 21
The healthcare irony of Bernie Sanders winning the nomination.
- #FeeltheBern Bernie Sanders took home the New Hampshire primary on February 11.
Why did health insurance stocks rise? Doesn’t Bernie want Medicare for All?
Investors think that a Bernie nomination will result in a Trump win, which they believe is better news for health insurance co’s (and stocks in general).
Now that Bernie is winning a bit, moderate Democrats in Congress are speaking out against some of his policies. FeeltheBern’s policies include ideas like cancelling all medical and student debt and full implementation of Medicare for All.
- This legislative branch backlash all but ensures that Bernie would face major congressional roadblocks to pass any policy that would drastically change healthcare – or any other industry, for that matter.
Next primary up? Nevada.
Labor unions speak out on healthcare before the Nevada primary.
In Nevada, Bernie Sanders is facing rare union opposition over Medicare for All.
- In other news, Pete Buttigieg was chided by the flight attendants union head for a tweet he sent out on Feb. 12, stating that labor unions ‘fought hard’ for private health insurance plans.
In the miscellaneous category…
- Elizabeth Warren is weak on healthcare, and it’s hurting her in the primaries. (WSJ)
- How Democrats’ disagreement over health care is splitting the primary. (CNN)
- What Iowa and New Hampshire tell us about Medicare for All. (Axios)
That’s it for this week!
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