Hello people! Do you know how Harris squares off with Trump? As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris talk over how to use Medicare as a prop in the presidential election 2024, voters, especially those on Medicare, will be keen to know where the two disagree on Medicare. Here’s a breakdown of their positions:
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Kamala Harris: Expansion and Protection
- Strengthening Medicare: Medicare is a program that Harris wants to add to dental, vision, and hearing coverage. ‘One needs to avail complete healthcare, and those services are necessary,’ she says.
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs: Reducing the ‘cost of prescription medications‘ is part of her platform. Harris says we can negotiate with drug companies and drive the price down on some of seniors’ pharmaceuticals.
Universal Healthcare Vision: Because every American has insurance attached to it, Harris can see through a healthcare system.
Opposition to Privatization: But don’t expect her to let up on attacking proposals to privatize Medicare for fear of putting millions of seniors at risk of losing the ability to get, let alone quality care.
Donald Trump: Reform and Competition
Medicare Advantage Promotion: Trump, meanwhile, is trying a different approach: pushing Medicare Advantage, although Medicare itself tried that too, outsourcing coverage to private insurers. He also said the plans will provide competitive choices that will reduce costs for people while providing better care.
Focus on Reform: Trump is saying Medicare needs to be ‘efficient, less wasteful and competitive,’ he writes, and calls for Medicare to then ‘purchase services more efficiently and get ‘better outcomes.’
Concerns Over Benefits: However, he was nervous that those critics would interpret his proposal as a pledge to gut benefits for the most frail Medicare enrollees in traditional coverage.
Fiscal Responsibility: Trump has often questioned the solvency of his Medicare proposals and promised to change them so the program will live ‘for decades.’
The following video explains about Donald Trump: Reform and Competition:
Conclusion
Both campaigns have put Medicare before the voters for heavy lifting on that score. Competing and reform give Trump the bump, and opposing them hurts Harris. Harris is about growing and protecting coverage, and Trump triumphs in opposing growth and protection.
These distinctions will be important as voters select candidates based on what they need and want from healthcare through life as seniors.
FAQ
1. What is Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s biggest healthcare proposal?
Harris prefers Medicare for All, which means everyone covers universal healthcare programs and gets Medicare expanded to cover them. A government-run program would replace most private insurance.
2. So, what is Harris’ Medicare?
The dental, vision, and hearing coverage Harris is expanding. Furthermore, it is intended to cut healthcare costs, specifically prescription drug costs, en masse.
3. And what, asks Donald Trump, will be done about Medicare?
However, Trump insists that his plan will first protect us current Medicare beneficiaries and keep Medicare from being cut. In addition to backing these privatization efforts, he also backs other privatization efforts, such as insurers reimbursing Medicare Advantage Plans.
4. What does Trump say about the cost of healthcare?
While slashing seniors’ benefits too much, Trump says he supports other market-driven ways to control prescription drug prices and run Medicare more efficiently.
5. And what’s the difference with how they propose to fund?
Harris says she will pay for her Medicare for All plan by raising taxes on the rich and corporations. Trump focuses on fiscal responsibility, cutting government spending, and searching for reforms without new taxes.