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President Biden’s proposed changes in health care include more than revamping our COVID-19 response. Aja Koska via Getty Images

February 11, 2021

Public option in Biden plan could change the face of US health care

Michael Williams, University of Virginia

The president is calling for sweeping changes in health care policy. Tens of millions of Americans could be affected.

Senator Bernie Sanders, a strong advocate for the establishment of a public health insurance system in the United States. Brendan Smialowski/AFP

February 9, 2021

Fact check US: Can progressive and centrist Democrats finally agree on health care reform?

William Genieys, Sciences Po and Larry Brown, Columbia University

From Vice-President Kamala Harris to Senator Bernie Sanders, voices were raised during the campaign for a more accessible US health care system. What can we expect from the Biden administration?

Bill Clinton’s 1993 health care plan called for universal coverage. It was dead by 1994, but the political wrangling it started over health care lives on. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

January 7, 2020

Universal coverage, single‑payer, ‘Medicare for All’: What does it all mean for you?

Simon F. Haeder, Penn State

The US has been trying to reform its complicated health care system since 1993. In 2020, it continues to be one of the biggest and most complicated issues of the presidential campaign.

The candidates go in different directions, especially on Obamacare. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

October 20, 2016

Could the candidates truly fix – or nix – Obamacare? Six essential reads

Lynne Anderson, The Conversation

While it’s hard to separate fact from hysteria when it comes to the Affordable Care Act, here are some expert voices to explain some of the candidates’ proposals on the health care law.

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