The Democrats' Demolition Derby. (cover story)
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Longman, Phillip
- Source
- Washington Monthly. Jan-Mar2020, Vol. 52 Issue 1-3, p35-39. 5p. 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
- Subject
- *SINGLE-payer health care
*UNITED States presidential election, 2020
*EMPLOYER-sponsored health insurance
*MEDICAL care costs
PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act
- Language
- ISSN
- 0043-0633
The article focuses on the single-payer would be a political loser in the 2020 U.S. presidential election because in addition to higher taxes it would require 157 million Americans to give up the employer-provided health coverage they currently rely on. It mentions that medium-income family of four with health insurance, annual health care costs have risen by more than 10,000 dollar in the decade since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.